First Up for Tuesday 26 October 2021

5:53 AM.And to one of those schools welcoming back students - Claire Amos is the tumuaki / principal of Albany Senior High School and she's up early to be with us. Audio

5:46 AM.After 10 long weeks of at-home learning, Zoom lessons, and separation from friends, Auckland and Waikato senior students will be putting on their school uniforms and returning to campus this morning… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Palmerston North woman Moyra Speir has at last been granted permission to go and look after her nephew Andrew, who's terribly ill in Auckland. 36-year-old Andrew is dying from bowel cancer that has… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Last week TradeMe released figures on what the secondhand economy is worth to the country, it turns out most of us have around $1700 worth of goods we part with - without really missing any of it. Up… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.To Japan now where Covid infections have gone from more than 5-thousand cases a day to just 19. Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent in Tokyo Chris Gilbert, how this is possible? Audio

5:07 AM.It's a big week in the UK, with an international climate conference kicking off in Scotland and a budget due to be presented to the House of Commons on Wednesday. Joining Nathan Rarere from London is… Read more Audio