First Up for Thursday 17 December 2020

5:08 AM.We head to Doha to catch up with Al Jazeera's Kamahl Santamaria - he gives us the latest on Covid-19 in Iran. Audio

5:24 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries is helping to fund new research aimed at extending the life of commercial Bumblebee hives from 8-10 weeks to up to 15 weeks. If the project is successful it could… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Helen Vivian Fletcher is a children and young adults author in Wellington, she suffers from multiple auto-immune disorders as well as a sleep disorder where she can often cause significant injury to… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.New research done by a team at the University of California, Berkeley found that Humans worldwide make similar facial expressions in social situations. The team developed a machine that learned an… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The remaining families at risk of extreme weather in the Bay of Plenty settlement of Matata have finally and reluctantly agreed to leave their homes. Whakatane District Council has been buying… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.The investigation is continuing into the cause of Tuesday's fatal helicopter crash that killed a Christchurch couple and seriously injured three children. Andrew Davidson and his wife Lin Chen died in… Read more Audio