First Up for Tuesday 13 August 2019

5:55 AM.In the pledge to rid the country of single use plastic bags supermarkets warned and then removed plastic bags from checkouts. This forced customers to bring in their own bags. And just a month or so… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 AM.Staying with weather, strong winds in Auckland overnight have blown a container off a stack on Auckland's Jellicoe Wharf, hitting the side of a car, and trapping a person inside. It took around a half… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Avoid showers and baths, don't worry about the washing up and ignore the landline if it rings during a thunderstorm. That's according to NIWA's principal scientist, Chris Brandalino. Much of the North… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Wellington's sushi-loving penguins have returned - this time found waddling near a burger joint. A few weeks ago we told you about the two little blues who tried to nest underneath a sushi stand near… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.How did Fonterra find itself mired deep in debt with a looming loss of 600 million dollars. Audio

5:23 AM.A trio of young entrepreneurs are hoping to switch New Zealand's cafes from milk in plastic bottles, to milk in kegs. The venture, called Spout Alternatives, has finished successful trials in Dunedin… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.We cross to Hong Kong, where bloody street battles have seen dozens injured in the tenth straight week of anti-government demonstrations. Thousands of pro-democracy protesters occupying Hong Kong… Read more Audio