First Up for Thursday 29 April 2021

5:49 AM.New Zealand Rugby holds its Annual General Meeting today where members will consider a bid by American company Silver Lake to but a 12.5 per cent stake in the organisation. It's seeking approval for a… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Cook Islanders are patiently waiting for the travel bubble with New Zealand to open as the country's tourism operators shut shop ... but it keeps being put off ... and put off. A two-way travel bubble… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.The Covid tragedy is continuing to escalate in India with the official death toll now at 200-thousand. A second wave is devastaing the country, hospitals overrun and a lack of crucial life saving… Read more Audio

5:28 AM.It's less than 100 days to the Olympics and in the lead up we are speaking to Olympics athletes each week to hear how they are preparing for the upcoming Tokyo games. Surfing is one of the new sports… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.As we do every week, it's time now to catch up with one our reporters from the Local Democracy Programme. The free public-interest news service is dedicated to strengthening coverage of local… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.We head to Fiji where the country is in lockdown as the country's Covid cases top 100. Ellie Jay spoke with our Fiji correspondent Lice Movono shortly after the government announced two new Covid… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.To Europe now, where it's hoped the last chapter of the years-long Brexit saga is finally at an end. The European Parliament announced today it has voted to back the trade deal although tensions… Read more Audio