First Up for Thursday 12 December 2019

5:52 AM.Each week we speak to those leading our local communities around the country. Today we go to the smallest district council in the country, Kaikoura, and joined by Mayor Craig Mackle Audio

5:42 AM.Some of the survivors of the Whakaari / White Island eruption have suffered burns to all but the equivalent of four palm-sized areas of skin. Medical staff are working around the clock to treat the 29… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.A cafe owner in Whakatane says offering free food to Whaakari/White Island first responders just felt like the right thing to do. Taylor Ulufonua and his wife Lila Henareh run Cafe 4U and have been… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.The Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Brexit Party, the Greens, and the SNP. They're the major parties running in the UK general election. But in 24 of the UK's 650 consituencies… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.GNS Senior Volcanologist Graham Leonard, who is monitoring Whakaari, says sympathies lie with the families of those who haven't been returned. He says the volatility of the volcano at the moment means… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.In just under 15 hours time, polling stations will open their doors across the UK, as the nation holds its third general election in less than five years. Party leaders are touring the country on a… Read more Audio