First Up for Wednesday 25 August 2021

5:52 AM.Pasifika people account for more than half of cases in the country's current Covid outbreak. The fast-movement of Delta means New Zealand will stay at alert level 4 lockdown until at least midnight on… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.While the main news about the Delta outbreak has centred around Auckland and Wellington, First Up's Matthew Theunissen hit the phones yesterday to find out how people are coping on some of New… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.The All Blacks have confirmed they'll be heading to Australia after all for the third Bledisloe match and the Rugby Championship. They came under fire from Rugby Australia and SANZAR for not getting… Read more Audio

5:28 AM.When we think of a tortoise having lunch, we usually imagine them chomping on a leaf or something green .. but now biologists Anna Zora and Justin Gerlach from the University of Cambridge have… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.We've seen the news that people have been queueing up in their cars for hours to get a Covid test ... but what do you do if you need to be tested and don't have a car? Auckland Central MP Chloe… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.To the US now where it's been revealed the boss of the CIA met face to face with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar earlier this week.. With Nathan Rarere from Washington is Simon Marks. Audio

5:07 AM.We begin this morning in Australia where Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio