First Up for Wednesday 27 January 2021

5:07 AM.Across the Tasman now where thousand of blokes and sheilas defied Covid health concerns to march against the celebration of the country's national day. Australia day commemorates the day in 1788 when… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.This week on First Up, we are bringing you a mini-series of interviews where we pose the same four questions to three everyday Americans about their reflections of life over the final month of the… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.We're up ridiculously early here at First Up and we always like finding out who is awake and about at the same time. At Auckland bakery Daily Bread the bakers arrive at work at 2am to start baking as… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 AM.Christchurch recorded it's hottest temperature on record yesterday, with the mercury reaching 36.7 degrees. The 1979 Christchurch record of 35.9 was also exceeded elsewhere in the region, with one… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Scientists have discovered people who've had Covid-19 aren't always protected from the new South African variant of the virus. The South African strain, called 501Y.V2, was detected in Northland over… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Well the discovery of the South African variant certainly gave people in Northland a big scare, just when the region was bouncing back from the initial economic hit from Covid. Joining us now is… Read more Audio