First Up for Wednesday 1 December 2021

5:48 AM.Voters in new National Party leader Christopher Luxon's Botany electorate are hopeful former leaders Simon Bridges, Judith Collins and Todd Muller can help him get the National Party back on track… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Former Air New Zealand boss and new Botany MP Christopher Luxon is National's new leader. What we know so far is that he loves country music, his favourite animal is a guinea pig and he owns seven… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Travel and insurance agents are sending a warning to book overseas travel for 2022 at your peril with the Omicron variant on the scene and travel insurance unlikely to provide cover for any extended… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Well back in March, we brought you story of, Matt Fenn who completed the momentous feat of running 654km in less than a week for suicide awareness, 1 kilometre to represent every kiwi who died by… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.We head to Brisbane and to our correspondent Pam Corkery... Audio