First Up for Thursday 22 July 2021

5:54 AM.We turn our attention now to the country's Covid-19 vaccine rollout. More than 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer have now been given in New Zealand. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said New… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.New Zealand's Olympians are starting to settle into the athletes village in Tokyo under strict Covid-19 rules. Among them are two of the youngsters in the squad, 17-year-old Erika Fairweather and… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.We head to Fiji now where health authorities are stretched to capacity by the rampant Covid-19 outbreak. We're joined by our correspondent Lice Movono. Audio

5:32 AM.Every week we check in with the reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme. This week we're in Ashburton, where reporter Adam Burns has been looking at ... water. We started out by… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.A new study has found that a person's financial knowledge, behaviour and psychology have even more influence over financial wellbeing than how much they earn. In other words the more financial… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.To the Eastern Bay of Plenty where Covid 19 vaccinators are welcoming hundreds of people through the doors each week. So far, more than 15-thousand vaccinations have been administered in the… Read more Audio