First Up for Thursday 4 February 2021

5:08 AM.Nathan Rarere talks to our Europe correspondent Catherine Walbridge based in Vienna, Austria about relaxation of rules around their third lockdown. Audio

5:15 AM.Residents, businesses and schools from Waikouaiti and Karitane are having to drastically adapt to life without being able to drink water from their taps after concerning levels of lead were detected… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Athletics New Zealand is desperately seeking officials for next month's New Zealand Track and Field Championships in Hastings. The flow-on effect from the pandemic has hit the sport hard .. and with… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.Great news for our cricketers yesterday as they qualified for the World Test Championship final in England later this year. Australia's postponement of their tour of South Africa saw the Black Caps… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.This year we're very lucky to be joined every week by the reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme. The free public-interest news service is dedicated to strengthening coverage of local… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.The government of Myanmar was this week over-thrown by the military, bringing to an end a ten year experiment with democracy. Political leader Aung San Suu Kyi has once again been placed under arrest… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.Good news in New Zealand's fight against Covid-19. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been deemed safe from use, with Medsafe, announcing it had given it provisional approval. New Zealand's Pzifer… Read more Audio