First Up for Thursday 28 January 2021

5:50 AM.The Ministry of Health confirmed late last night that there are two more cases of Covid-19 in the community. The two cases completed managed isolation at the same time as the weekend's Northland case… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.A slew of new members of Parliament after last October's general election, and in 2021 we'd like to introduce you to as many of them as possible. One of the most talked-about was the infectious… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.We're all too aware that the news can be a bit too Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch focused, so this year we're incredibly grateful to have access to the marvellous Local Democracy Reporting… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.The number of sharks and rays worldwide has fallen by 71 per cent in the last 50 years and according to Australian and international research more than three-quarters of species are now threatened… Read more Audio

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

5:09 AM.To Europe now, where a row is escalating over the supply of COVID vaccines.. EU authorities are urging pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to publish details of the contract they signed for Covid… Read more Audio