First Up for Wednesday 11 December 2019

5:10 AM.To the UK now where the general election is just one day away and according to our correspondent Alex Cadier, many around the UK are simply over it. Audio

5:23 AM.Questions are being raised about how to manage the risks associated with New Zealand's natural and sometimes dangerous tourism attractions. Negative coverage about the safety of New Zealand's tourism… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Thousands of firefighters in New South Wales likely won't be home for Christmas as they continue to battle 87 large scale blazes. The fires have now ripped through more than 2-million hectares of land… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Let's go now to Whakatane where police will continue their attempts today to get a drone across to the island to assess conditions so they can recover the 8 people still missing. The death toll from… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.A mountaineer who survived a volcanic eruption says it will be a long road to recovery for those injured from Whaakari-White Island's deadly eruption on Monday. William Pike, who is the director of… Read more Audio