First Up for Tuesday 30 March 2021

5:50 AM.The National Party says that only Immigration New Zealand-approved laboratories should be able to provide pre-departure Covid-19 tests for people travelling from abroad. That was one of many topics… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.You may remember 22-year-old Matt Fenn who took on the huge challenge of running 654 kilometres in less than a week for suicide awareness. Only stopping for occasional breaks and power naps, Matt ran… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.A cyber security expert says it's concerningly easy to obtain fake Covid-19 test results and vaccine passports on the Dark Web. While there's not evidence that New Zealanders or people heading here… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Brisbane is back in lockdown this morning after 7 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the city. People will only be allowed to leave home to get food, exercise, essential work or to go to the… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.This week on TradeMe, a Klassic Kiwi Kauri sculpture - complete with carved dolphin, and a crocheted Wayne and Garth from the 1993 movie Wayne's World. But first, TradeMe's Logan Mudge gives us the… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.The government is being questioned over its commitment to safe drinking water. An official information act request shows a working group, that was supposed to be looking at nitrates in water, only met… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.The people of Myanmar are reeling from the shock of the weekend's brutal violence carried out by the country's own military, which left over 100 people dead. It's been hard to get up-to-date and… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.To the UK now, where Nathan Rarere caught up with our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio