First Up for Tuesday 28 January 2020

5:53 AM.As schools across the country begin to reopen, low decile schools have shared the struggles many families are facing - with some siblings sharing uniforms. KidsCan surveyed 210 decile 1-4 schools with… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A tragic twist of fate saved a team of New Zealand volunteers in Australia from being in the spot where a plane came down last week. Three American firefighters died when their water bombing aircraft… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.The Green's say Labour's failure to deliver on its promise to ban aspects of rodeo is 'incredibly disappointing'. A graphic video from 2018 shows a bull snapping its left hind leg while bucking and… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Waiheke residents are waiting up to twenty days for water tank refills, in a situation that's being labelled as 'desperate'. Auckland Council and the Waiheke Local board have set up two emergency… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.What would you do with 58 retired Wellington Trolley buses? A suburb of not-so-tiny houses? What about an epic food-truck convoy? Do what you like with them - they're up for auction on TradeMe this… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.The death of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant has sent shockwaves around world sport. He was killed yesterday along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and 7 others when the helicopter they were… Read more Audio