On today's First Up pod: Our US Correspondent talks 'Project Freedom', Giuliani's health and the POTUS assassination hearing, we talk about the annual muster of the North Island's central plateau's Kaimanawa Horses and acting Prime Minister David Seymour discusses immigration policy, work Visas and our relationship with Singapore. First Up - Voice of the Nathan.

An early morning sports news update with Nathan Rarere.

A coroner is examining how a 16-week-old baby suffered catastrophic head injuries in 2014. Timothy Brown reports.

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

New figures from Stats NZ show the number of marriages and civil unions in New Zealand has fallen again, down 3% in 2025 to just over 17,500. Kirsty Ussher, Wanaka and Queenstown-based celebrant and planner, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Preliminary election results are in for Niue; the US calls on countries to commit to "trade over aid"; and in Super Rugby, Moana fall to the blues while Drua triumph over the Highlanders.

The Solomon Islands prime minister has confirmed he will comply with a court ruling ordering him to call parliament and face a vote of no confidence.

Niue held its 2026 general election on Sunday NZT (Saturday in Niue).

The United States is asking countries to commit to a foreign aid vision built on free markets.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.