On today's First Up pod - We head around the world with Pam Corkery in Australia, the Pacific with Kalafi Moala and to the Middle East with Alex Baird; we ask Pharmac why there is a dire shortage of menopause medicine; Green Leader James Shaw demands answers about the Newtown Hostel Tragedy and we ask him about tomorrow's budget and survivors tell First Up what it felt like - inside their burning home. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - Eurovision came to its flamboyant finale in Liverpool yesterday - a Kiwi music fan tells us her favourite; it's soup weather and Glenn Forsyth shares a recipe; losing your mast in a storm off Brazil - all in a day's work for Kiwi Georgia Schofield and Cyclone hit State Highway 2 might be open again, but locals say there's a long way to go. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - Prince Harry receives an apology in his phone hacking court case; a US jury has found former president Donald Trump sexually abused a woman and then defamed her by branding her a liar and George Santos appears in court; a seaweed that ecologists are calling the 'foot and mouth' of the sea; we examine the condition of face-blindness - where sufferers can't remember what people look like and more rain....and more pain...for West Auckland. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - Moscow holds a scaled back Victory Day Parade as the war in Ukraine continues; Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested; yesterday's heavy rains stranded travellers on the wrong side of Northland's Brynderwyns while it was groundhog day for West Auckland as residents. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - massive piles of bunting line the post-Coronation streets of London; the new Covid 19 sub variant - made in New Zealand - that's filling up hospitals; school's out today for most Year 12s in the South Island thanks to a rolling teachers strike - we ask how her party would improve teachers' pay and working conditions and tiny and peculiar - that's the description of a cinema at the top of the South Island that's getting some serious global attention. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - winter is here and we're being encouraged to be up to date with our booster and flu shots, our roving reporter Leonard Powell checks in at South Seas Healthcare in Otara; it's King Charles III's first day at work after being crowned, we cross to London to check out how things are looking post-Coronation and acting PM Carmel Sepuloni apologises again for Immigration's Dawn Raid tactics. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - only one more sleep until King Charles' coronation, we head to the UK for the final countdown; which African leader will be in London for the big day? Despite republican tendencies the Australian PM has confirmed that he'll be pledging his allegiance; back home ACT Party's Brooke Van Velden is hoping to unseat the Nats Simon O'connor in Tamaki - what do the locals think? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - the Kremlin has come under drone attack; we ask Labour's Deputy leader Kelvin Davis about Meka Whaitiri's shock resignation; we're in London as rehearsals get underway for King Charles quichey coronation continue; what does Australia's most vocal republican Peter Fitzsimons make of the coronation and is Artificial Intelligence going to rock our world - or has this brave new world been over-hyped? First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - we cross to the UK as it counts down to the country's biggest royal party; Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is in London for the fesitivities; closer to home, we ask Greens co-leader James Shaw if his party has been paralysed by in-fighting and the Coronation Chicken was never going to be an easy act to follow, but their majesties have chosen a quiche to mark King Charles' big day... whats the secret First Up - Voice of the Nathan!

On today's First Up pod - we cross to London where preparations are underway for the Coronation of King Charles III; we ask National's deputy Nicola Willis why she keeps accusing the government of a secret plan to hit rich people with another tax; three months on from the Auckland floods, which houses can be rebuilt and where and a man is this morning setting off on a 100 kilometre swim from Great Barrier Island to Auckland, as you do. First Up - Voice of the Nathan!