First Up for Friday 7 June 2019

5:56 AM.We're all about celebrating New Zealand music and live music venues on First Up. Each week we pick one gig to showcase in our gig guide - this week our producer Lydia Batham spoke to Jess Shanks, who… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 AM.Winter is well and truly here - and with that comes flu season. In Australia there's been more than 55,000 cases of the flu and 119 deaths so far - whilst here in New Zealand, three people have died… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.With China and Malaysia no longer accepting foreign plastic waste, the race to work out what to do with our recycling is on. In a New Zealand-first, a 90 metre stretch of road there's been paved with… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The local stock exchange has just launched eight new exchange traded funds .. otherwise known as - E-T-Fs ... but what are they? Here's our business reporter, Nona Pelletier with the answer. Audio

5:27 AM.Glenn Forsyth to run us through the weekend's bargain buys and specials.. Audio

5:23 AM.On First Up, we like to find out what sort of things New Zealanders have created in a segment called 'Show Us Your Invention'. In Pukekohe we found celery farmer David Clarke who, 20 years ago… Read more Video, Audio

5:08 AM.In Normandy where outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May and her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron addressed the gathered veterans and dignitaries. With more from France Indira spoke with our… Read more Audio