First Up for Wednesday 15 September 2021

5:52 AM.While Aucklanders have been in lockdown for over a month now, spare a thought for the university students who came back for the holidays only to find themselves stuck in the city and unable to return… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with Infometrics economist Brad Olsen. Audio

5:44 AM.Over the past couple of weeks we've been speaking with businesses up and down the country about how they've been managing in lockdown or at Alert Level 2. Some have managed to adapt - and indeed quite… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Spring is almost upon us - and it's been a while since we talked "meat without feet". Nathan Rarere spoke with Brett Sellers, Seafood operations manager with Foodstuffs. Audio

5:26 AM.Every so often we have a look around the small businesses and this week we're talking to the founders of AweAo. Aweao are Laurie and Sebastian who make macrame, carved Jewellery, sculptures and wall… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Almost 400 refugees who fled Afghanistan in last month's takeover by the Taliban have arrived in New Zealand. Some have already completed their mandatory two weeks in managed isolation only to find… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.To Australia now, where Nathan Rarere spoke with our correspondent Pam Corkery.. Audio