First Up for Thursday 20 August 2020

5:06 AM.Crossing the Tasman now, Indira speaks with former Alliance MP, journalist and broadcaster Pam Corkery about the backtrack on the free mandatory Covid vaccine just announced and the start of the fire… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.UFC star and New Zealand's Sportsman of the year Israel Adesanya reveals just how Auckland's Covid lockdown has been a blessing as he prepares for his title defence Adesanya is getting set to defend… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.New Zealanders flush toilets millions of times each day, but official data shows many of them lead to treatment plants that are not meeting conditions for treating wastewater. Data is available on… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.A new farm training institute is set to open its gates in Southland next year. Prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Laura Douglas from Real Country in Kingston, had bus loads of tourists turn up to her… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Thousands of Aucklanders are desperately turning to food banks as increasing job losses wipe out family incomes. In Takanini yesterday, cars formed queues kilometres long for food parcels from the… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Lockdowns have taken a huge toll on our mental health - in particular for those in the Rainbow Community. Charity Rainbow Youth says it was still catching up from last lockdown as Auckland moved back… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.The Justice Minister will consider the need for stalker legislation - after finding out police said they couldn't act after people were stalked and photographed. It comes after First Up aired the… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.It's the time of the week where we speak to one of our local leaders - today we head to Gore where Tracy Hicks has been mayor since 2004. Audio