First Up for Monday 28 June 2021

5:55 AM.University of Otago epidemiologist Michael Baker talks with us about Covid lockdowns across Australia the extended level two lockdown in Wellington. Audio

5:50 AM.We head to the Cook Islands where people are anxiously waiting for news out of Wellington and what the city's Covid-19 scare could mean for the travel bubble with New Zealand. Joining us from… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.As Australia battles outbreaks of Covid across several different states, New South Wales is entering it's second full day of lockdown, The Head of the University of Melbourne's school of population… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.The New Zealand Taxi Federation says vaccinating drivers should be a priority as concerns rise that the Covid 19 Delta variant could spread here It's unknown how the Australian tourist travelled… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.This week's best buys in fresh produce with our Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:15 AM.The Wellington partial lockdown has been extended until at least midnight Tuesday - even though no cases of covid-19 have been detected in the region since the visit by a Covid-positive Australian… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.Tomatoes NZ and The Ministry for Primary Industries are working to identify a strain of disease discovered on tomato plants here. Pepino Mosaci Virus - which affects the yeild of plants and delays… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Millions of Australians in New South Wales will wake up to their second day of lockdown this morning. The two-week lockdown is a result in the rapid rise of infections from the Bondi cluster, which… Read more Audio