First Up for Monday 18 October 2021

5:54 AM.It's the first day of a new school term but Auckland students are again having to settle for online lessons ... if they're able to login at all, that is. It remains unclear just when students will be… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.There were 51 new community cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday including - worryingly - four in Waikato. The news is better for Northland, which may have dodged a bullet with no new cases being… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.Businesses are calling for dining and entertainment vouchers to support the industries hard hit by Covid-19 lockdowns. Vouchers to encourage people to dine out and spend money have been rolled out… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the fresh produce markets - it's our Minister of Fruit and Vege, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:17 AM.Sam Richards is 15 and has just made 1 million dollars. The New Zealander teenager is currently living in Queensland and has sold his Amazon business Bellaforte which sells reusable, affordable and… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.We're off to the Cook Islands now where people are wondering what more they need to do to get New Zealand tourists back now they're 96 per cent vaccinated? Joining Nathan Rarere is the president of… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in Australia where that State of Victoria is lifting its lockdown from Friday when the state should reach the milestone of 70 per cent of elegible people being fully vaccinated. This is… Read more Audio