First Up for Wednesday 2 September 2020

5:53 AM.Is it worth testing travellers before they fly here? It's a policy the National Party want to bring in should they win the election - but critics believe it could go against civil liberties. Indira… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.At least five of the people who tested positive for Covid-19 in managed isolation yesterday had tested negative before boarding their flight here. They had all travelled from India via Fiji - landing… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Stranded on Waiheke Island, sleeping in cars and struggling to make ends meet. According to the Waiheke Budgeting Services Trust, that's the situation 200 foreign nationals are facing, after getting… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.A Maori specialist in artificial intelligence says it's only a matter of time before a Maori or Pasifika person is wrongfully arrested because of a false match on facial recognition software. Police… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.From waste plastic to earrings worn by the Prime Minister. For today's NZ Made business feature we're speaking to Remix Plastic's Anthea Madill, who sells jewellery and other products made from… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.The Green School is open to paying back some of the near 12 million dollars its set to receive from the government's fund for shovel ready projects. Following widespread outrage, Green Party co-leader… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.We begin in US, where President Trump is on his way to the flashpoint of recent unrest, Kenosha Wisconsin. It's been just over a week since unarmed black man Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven… Read more Audio