First Up for Friday 14 May 2021

5:51 AM.A Ngapuhi leader met with Webb's Auction House last night to try and secure the return of a musket purported to belong to chief Hongi Hika, which had been due to go under the hammer on Monday. Webb's… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.The country's largest primary care organisation believes that with GPs now part of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, 70 per cent of the population could have the jab by Christmas. The Ministry… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.New Zealand's Super Rugby teams resume matches against their Ozzie counterparts this weekend in the opening round of Super Rugby's Trans-Tasman. While most Kiwi fans havent paid much attention to… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Joining us for a look at the weekend in fresh produce is our Minister of the Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth - fruit buy for the weekend - mandarins! Audio

5:18 AM.Six screenwriters from New Zealand will be taking part in a 'Workshop and Mentoring' experience with leaders in the global film industry. The experience is run by Blacklist, and the 6 scripts were… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.Sam Owen is a Waikato sharemilker who's had his fair share of struggles with mental health and depression. He says his condition has seen his health, work and family life suffer. Now he talks to Young… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.Turning to India now where bodies continue to wash up in rivers as Covid-19 spreads through poor rural areas. More than a quarter of a million Indians have now died from the virus, and it's still not… Read more Audio