First Up for Thursday 16 May 2019

5:45 AM.Thousands of knitters around New Zealand and the world are working to keep South Auckland babies warm. The number of premature babies at Middlemore hospital has reached peak levels this year and when… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 AM.We cross now to Paris where overnight, the major technology companies, 17 countries and the European Commission signed up to the call initiated by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the French… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.Busby the sheep, who is thriving on a Nelson hilltop, might well be New Zealand's oldest. The Texel-Romney cross wether is estimated by his owners, Barry and Lynley Bird, to be 24 years-old, measured… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Tomorrow is the deadline for people to have their say on the Reserve Bank's plans to make the big banks beef up their finances. Does it matter to you and me ? Here's our business editor, Gyles… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Indira speaks with economist Sandeep Parekh for our weekly catch up on all things economic. This week his focus is on the trade war between the US and China. Audio