First Up for Tuesday 16 June 2020

5:51 AM.The calls for a Pacific Travel Bubble are growing louder - with former Prime Minister Helen Clark weighing in on the debate saying a Pacific travel bubble should be opened now to help the tourism… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.About 70 jobs will be created by the Kaikohe water storage project. Far North Mayor John Carter told our reporter Katie Doyle what the facility will mean for Northland, which struggled in drought… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The government is fast-tracking major infrastructure projects - cutting out a large part of the public consultation process - to speed up economic growth in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The 11… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.With no sport allowed during lockdown - ACC say sports injury claims went down by more than 80 per cent. But now sport's back, experts are warning players and teams that injuries could rise due to a… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Leading mixed martial artist Dan Hooker will be one of the first Kiwi athletes to compete outside Australasia since Covid-19 struck when he fights in Las Vegas later this month. The Aucklander is the… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Trade Me's hot auctions this week include a pencil sketch of the Prime Minister and Ashley Bloomfield as super heroes, super expensive house plants and a pair of glasses which are nearly 300 years… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.Some Massey University students are frustrated with plans to continue distance learning in semester 2, despite the university being able to teach as normal under Alert Level 1. Although most… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in the UK, I'm joined now by our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio