First Up for Thursday 13 May 2021

5:49 AM.The Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson acknowledges that his government's public sector pay restrictions have caused distress and upset, but maintains the restrictions don't amount to a pay freeze… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.A stoush is brewing over the authenticity of a musket purported to have belonged to the great Ngapuhi chief Hongi Hika ... which is expected to fetch over 100-thousand dollars at an auction on Monday… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.It looks like winter is well and truly on the way with a cold front rapidly making its way up the country. Joining Nathan Rarere is weather commentator and Tik Tok influencer with over 100,000… Read more Audio

5:28 AM.It's time now for us to catch up with one of the reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme who've been keeping us up to date with news from all corners of Aotearoa. This morning we're… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with our correspondent Kamahl Santamaria in Doha as the death toll from Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rockets continues to climb. Audio

5:09 AM.We head to Europe to catch up with our correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund in Sweden. Audio