First Up for Wednesday 31 March 2021

5:06 AM.We begin in Australia, where Brisbane is still locked down with at least 15 cases of the UK strain of covid-19 having now been identified. Nathan Rarere caught up from ground zero is our correspondent… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is in to its second day. We're now joined from his multi-media bunker in his Washington DC garage by our correspondent… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Each week we have a little look around the New Zealand small business world and this week we're talking to Brooke Hobson from 'Native-Hard Sparkling' They make New Zealand's first 'hard sparkling' -… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Our resident expert on all things kai moana, Foodstuffs seafood operations manager Brett Sellers is here to tell us about what's fresh as we head into autumn. Audio

5:39 AM.A Pike River widow says that she did not sign off on a joint letter released by the family reference group yesterday which accepted the Government's decision to abandon the drift recovery. Family… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.A real and original artwork by Banksy the secretive British graffiti artist went on sale last night at the international Art Centre in Parnell, The work is called 'Keep it real,' it's 30cm squared and… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.Every Wednesday - give or take - we introduce you to a first term MP, someone new to parliament and this week it's turn of National Party MP for the North Shore electorate Simon Watts. Audio