First Up Podcast

On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas - TradeMe's featured property this week is perched high above Russell and is best seen by helicopter; we take a look at fun things to do on a budget in both… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas - We ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis if she reckons the TVNZ-RNZ merger is a lame duck; oh no - it's 9pm on Christmas Eve and you forgot to buy last… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod with Anna Thomas - an immunologist says a lack of reliable data means we could be heading into the Christmas period with far more Covid infections than we're aware of; we ask… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Harry and Meghan drop a barrage of Royal bombshells in their just-released Netflix documentary; Christmas in the Park returns for the first time in two years ... let's hope… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod: summer travel plans hit turbulence due to a bad batch of aviation fuel - we'll see how it might affect one of our smaller carriers, Air Chathams and we ask the Deputy PM Grant… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we find out what happens if the court is granted guardianship of a baby whose parents won't let him be vaccinated with blood from anyone who's had the Covid vaccine and if… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - we find out why businsses are going through an "inventory crisis" and making significantly less money as a result; we ask National's deputy leader Nicola Willis if her party… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - the MP for Te Atatu, Phil Twyford, who represented the electorate when dairy owner Arun Kumar was killed in 2014 met his son on Sunday and is with us; Kaipara's mayor defends… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - China's former leader Jiang Zemin has died at the age of 96; we talk with our correspondents in the UK and Sweden; Labour's Grant Robertson on raising the age of… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - Protests continue over covid restrictions in China - we cross to Hong Kong; we're in Doha for the latest as the soccer/football world cup continues and 21 security cameras, a… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - National accuses the government of being soft on crime but we remind Nicola Willis they were accused of the same thing following the 2014 stabbing death of another Auckland… Read more Audio

On today's First Up pod - We touch down in the US and Europe; First Up was at yesterday's funeral of slain dairy worker Janak Patel and the chair of the Sandringham Business Association is with us… Read more Audio