First Up for Tuesday 28 July 2020

5:56 AM.If the Auckland property market is a little too hot for you, perhaps a piece of Mars might be a little cooler. And that's not the only cool thing on TradeMe this week - a bus dressed as a shark is… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.The leader of the New Zealand Public Party says he didn't encourage the escape of the family who absconded from a managed isolation facility in Hamilton on Friday. Billy Te Kahika says the family were… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The Electoral Commission is encouraging early voting at this year's election, to protect people from a potential covid outbreak. Advance voting will begin two days earlier and there'll be more polling… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A new report has valued New Zealand's little-known photonics industry at more than a billion dollars. Photonics use light for sensing, manufacturing, and transmitting information - much in the same… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.The Sustainable Energy Forum says investigating a hydro scheme in an Otago lake doesn't make much sense. The government has announced a 30-million-dollar investigation into options which would make… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.Lockdown was a stressful time for many in New Zealand, taking a toll on our wellbeing. One company wanted to reduce some of the stress, so they made the HAY app, it stands for "How are you." Some… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.The principal of one Auckland college says he's disappointed that the government won't let his school manage the isolation and quarantine of students coming from overseas. At its peak, New Zealand was… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Indira speaks to our UK correspondent Henry Riley about self quarantining travellers caught up in Spain and the government forecasting a slower recovery than expected. Audio