First Up for Friday 19 July 2019

5:53 AM.Long time RNZ listeners will remember newsreader Hewitt Humphrey, When he started out in the 60s he was one of our youngest newsreaders and was reading the afternoon news bulletins when the… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Two penguins, a sushi stand and an RNZ reporter made global headlines this week. On Tuesday, we told you about the little blues that had tried to nest underneath a sushi store near Wellington's… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.It's time once again to check in with all the news from the world of fruit and vegetables with Glenn Forsyth - lots of affordable brassicas around. Audio

5:12 AM.Let's go now to the United States where Christchurch mosque attack survivor Farid Ahmed has met President Donald Trump at the Oval Office and thanked him for his humanity. Ahmed, who uses a… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.We go to Liverpool where the Australia Diamonds have beaten our Silver Ferns in a cliffhanger of a game at the Netball World Cup. The three-time world-champions survived a scare from the Silver Ferns… Read more Audio