On today's First Up pod: President Biden addresses D-Day commemorations in France; in South Africa the ANC prepares to share power for the first time since apartheid; RNZ explainer editor Katie Kenny has the details on the government's plans for pandemic preperation and the man with the world's largest collection of fossilised feces opens his own museum First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: our Taranaki reporter Robin Martin tells us about street crime in central New Plymouth; does an expired RAT test still accurately tell you if you've got Covid? Biochemistry Professor Kurt Krause has the answers; speaking of Covid - the coalition government has announced that part time workers could get less sick leave under a possible law change - we'll ask Labour's deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni about that, and all the big issues in politics this week. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: amongst our international news, the trial of President Biden's son Hunter is underway; TradeMe's got a vehicle up for grabs that will let you drive to the shops like a Prime Minister and staying with cars - some Kiwis are paying 3000 dollars a year to insure their Toyota Aquas. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: Mexico has a new President and we find out how Donald Trump spent his first weekend as a convicted felon; cancer care advocate Malcolm Mulholland responds to the government's lack of funding it promised for cancer treatment and New Zealander Jamie Lloyd's in New York, helping the city get ready for the T20 Cricket World Cup First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: the jury's out in Donald Trump's trial in New York - Bevan Hurley has all the details; we head to Africa where the first results from South Africa's election are coming in; what does business think of the Budget, what do you think and Labour's deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni joins us with her assessment of the Budget. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on international news where the UK is fully in election campaigning and a war raging in New Delhi over butter chicken and the heatwave hitting both India and Pakistan; Closer to home we hear about the demise of a mega film studio in Wanaka; a Wellington man with a portable sauna where the sea is the plunge pool and the fate of a contentious cycleway in Palmerston North is about to be decided. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: condemnation from around the world after Israel's strike on Rafah; we hear from an American airline accident investigator on what happened in those recent flight turbulence cases and Gulf Harbour residents are mowing the abandoned golf course themselves, to keep it from becoming a jungle. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: our correspondent in Tokyo reveals a scandal involving pies, a bean curd and a Donut; Henry Riley on the legendary cheese rolling race; we hear about a Rotorua iwi's efforts to negotiate the return of special carvings from the UK; winter weather woes with Weather Watch and we catch up with Finance Minister Nicola Willis just before she delivers her first Budget. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: Trump booed on stage as he addresses the Libertarian convention seeking an endorsement; The Minister of Fruit and Veges alerts us to the upcoming World Potato Day; Professor Michael Baker on this winter's new wave of Covid-19 and the grey area between 'residentual' and 'rural' - we're at a new development that hasn't had mail delivered for nearly a year. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod: as the government works to get the remaining New Zealanders out of Noumea - our Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala joins us with the latest on the tensions in New Caledonia; RNZ explainer editor Katie Kenny talks about speedy e-scooters and we visit a Wellington Street that's correcting a one hundred and fifty year old te reo typo. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!