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First Up for Monday 2 August 2021
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Support at The Cloud as Dame Valerie Adams claims Bronze
5:52 AM.New Zealand's wonderful Olympic weekend continued with success inside the track and field stadium in Tokyo when champion shotputter Dame Valerie Adams added a bronze medal to her collection. Adams… Read more Audio
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Caleb Shepherd: only man to win medal in Women's event in Tokyo
5:46 AM.As eight New Zealand women rowers powered into Silver medal position in Tokyo, it was a man who sat at the front of the boat. Caleb Shepherd became the first man to win an Olympics medal for a women's… Read more Audio
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Dylan Schmidt knew trampoline routine good to win Bronze
5:38 AM.Dylan Schmidt's stunning Bronze Medal on the Trampoline in Tokyo caps off a tireless journey that began as a five-year-old on the family's trampoline in Te Anau. Nathan Rarere caught up with Dylan… Read more Audio
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Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
5:25 AM.With us is our Minister of Fruit and Vege - Glenn Forsyth - after a frantic four days spreading the gospel of Fruit and Veg on the frontlines at the foodshow. Audio
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Mass vaccination in South Auckland sees 15,500 get jab
5:16 AM.More than 15-and-a-half thousand people received their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the country's first mass vaccination event over the weekend. 135 staff were involved with the… Read more Audio
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Lisa Carrington launches bid for more medals in Tokyo today
5:12 AM.She's already a two-time Olympic champion after winning Gold in London and Rio, and today in Tokyo Lisa Carrington launches her bid to win four medals at a single Olympiad. Carrington begins her quest… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 cases on the rise in Japan, Italian wins Gold 100m
5:07 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from Tokyo - where cases of covid-19 are once again rising, is our correspondent John Matthews. Audio