First Up for Friday 18 October 2019

5:51 AM.Balbir Singh Basra turns 80 next March, and while many of his contemporaries have long since retired from work and strenuous exercise, Balbir piles on the miles around the North Shore training for… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 AM.The government is leading a push to revitalise horse racing - an industry that has been dying a slow death for decades. To do this, it's pushing racing clubs in rural communities like Hawera, Winston… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.After a massive slip came down on State Highway 4 farmer Sarah Adams has found herself cut off from the outside world. She was one of more than 200 people who packed the Baptist Church in Raetihi… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.How do companies make their workforce more diverse? Our business reporter Madison Reidy has the answer. Audio

5:25 AM.First Up's weekend look at everything fruit and vegetable with Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:22 AM.Lambs and goats have been out in force at calf club days this Spring, with many rural schools deciding the risk of spreading the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is still too high to bring along… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Environmental groups are urging the government to crack down on commercial industries whose activities are harming the marine environment. The latest snapshot of the state of our oceans paints - yet… Read more Audio