First Up

A cheese-making family from Hamilton have walked away with two of the top prizes at the NZ Champion of Cheese Awards. Meyer Gouda Cheese won the Countdown Champion of Champions award for best… Read more Audio

Media were welcomed into Christchurch Hospital's new Acute Services Building yesterday, for a first glimpse inside the country's largest and most expensive hospital project to date. Construction has… Read more Audio

Alan Halse, director of CultureSafeNZ, which supports people experiencing workplace bullying, says in years of lobbying the Government, the organisation has been 'absolutely ignored." Read more Audio

A listener has noticed that a lot of companies which own buildings sell them to specialist investment companies and then lease them back...wouldn't it be cheaper to hold on to them rather than pay… Read more Audio

There were cheers - and some tears - as the Pike River mine was re-entered yesterday, nearly nine years after disaster struck. 29 men headed out to work on the 19th of November 2010, and didn't return… Read more Audio

An animal rescue charity is calling for greater protection of animals after continued investigations have found more abused animals in puppy farms across New Zealand. HUHA which stands for Helping You… Read more Video, Audio

All will be revealed today when National MP Alfred Ngaro fronts for caucus. National leader Simon Bridges has revealed Mr Ngaro has been given time to think about setting up a Christian values party… Read more Video, Audio

Every morning we answer one of your business questions. Steel and Tube's share price tumbled yesterday because it gave new forecasts ... but it's still forecasting a profit ... why's that. Here's our… Read more Audio

We all know about the importance of volunteering, a way of contributing to society by giving time and skills to help other people. Here on First Up we're going to follow some volunteers who uproot… Read more Audio

As another case of unethical puppy farming has come to light, a petition with 11,000 signatures is supporting an animal welfare organisation demanding better dog breeding and sale legislation.  Read more Audio

A listener has asked why the foreign currency rates that we give in the morning are never the same as the rates the banks advertise in their front windows and websites. Here's our business reporter… Read more Audio