First Up for Wednesday 7 August 2019

5:54 AM.There are calls for sweeping changes to the horse-racing industry after two horses died in a single day at a Rotorua meet. Racehorses 'Assign' and 'Not Usual Delight' were euthanised after taking part… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Just hours later, there was a second shooting in the US where nine people were killed in Dayton, Ohio New Zealander Phoebe Davis is living in Dayton, currently on a research residency. We often like… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.This morning Edward asks why doesn't the US go the World Trade Organisation -- the WTO -- to press home its claims that China is a trade cheat. Here's business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio

5:10 AM.As we've been reporting here on First Up - for nine consecutive weeks mass protests have taken place in Hong Kong. Over the last few days the action's ramped up - with a call for a general strike… Read more Video, Audio