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First Up for Tuesday 28 September 2021
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Female bar-tailed godwit 4BYWW sets landbird flight record
5:51 AM.A bar-tailed Godwit that's just touched down on the Firth of Thames has been confimed as having made the longest flight by a landbird ever recorded. The female, called 4BYWW, travelled non-stop from… Read more Audio
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National to release exiting Covid roadmap on Wednesday
5:44 AM.ACT leader David Seymour has overtaken National's Judith Collins as preferred prime minister in the latest 1News Colmar Brunton Poll, with both major parties taking a hit. Labour and National both… Read more Audio
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NSW Premier releases plan to lift Covid restrictions
5:34 AM.To Australia now where the New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian yesterday released her government's plan to lift Covid restrictions. It came as the state recorded 787 Covid cases and 12 deaths… Read more Audio
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Wonderful World of TradeMe with Sarah O'Leary
5:24 AM.Auckland is finally out of level four lockdown and the people at TradeMe have compiled a list of popular, post level four searches. And it looks like we're looking to buy in preparation for summer… Read more Audio
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How will Rhythm and Vines Festival 2021 cope with Delta?
5:16 AM.As the nights get longer and the weather gets warmer, more and more of us are thinking about the summer holidays. But will lockdown be over by then and what will summer look like if Delta is still… Read more Audio
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Left wing parties win big in German elections
5:10 AM.To Europe now, where Germany's centre-left Social Democrats have claimed a narrow victory in the federal election.. Ellie Jay spoke with our correspondent in Germany, Trent Murray. Audio
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UK: driver shortages result in low fuel, panic buying of petrol
5:06 AM.We begin in the UK which has been hit by fuel shortages and panic buying of petrol. The Government has now suspended competition laws to allow fuel companies to tackle shortages. Ellie Jay spoke to… Read more Audio