First Up for Wednesday 22 September 2021

5:55 AM.We cross now to our producer Ellie Jay who is up early this morning to see how businesses are preparing for their first day of trading for five weeks. Audio

5:49 AM.As Aucklanders head out to order breakfast baps and flat whites for the first time in five long weeks, we wanted to see how businesses are gearing up to trade under Alert Level 3 restrictions. Our… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Before Peter's headlines you heard about Auckland's vaccine buses and the work that's being done to reach populations which aren't exactly beating a path to the vaccine clinics set up around the city… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Another mobile bus has been launched - in the hope it can drive up vaccination rates in Tamaki Makaurau and boost low Maori innoculation rates. The Shot Cuzz bus pulled up to the Clendon Pak n Save in… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Auckland is now at Alert level 3 and for many it doesn't look too different to Level 4 but with the added benefits of contactless delivery and takeaways! And we know that if you are up at this time in… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Barely a week goes by where there isn't some news from space - so, as is our way when the fancy takes us, it's time for our regular chat with James Parr from the Open Space Agency in London. This… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.Former athletes, and a lawyer who has seen it all before, will lead an independent investigation into Cycling New Zealand. It is the second time that the sport's high performance programme has been… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.To Canada now, where Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party has narrowly won the snap-general election - but has failed in its bid to win more seats. Which is always the point when an early election is… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Let's begin now in that land Girt by sea and filled with Covid. With Nathan Rarere is our correspondent in Australia, Pam Corkery. Audio