First Up for Tuesday 14 December 2021

5:53 AM.From today any passenger hoping to travel on a domestic flight with Air New Zealand will have to show either a vaccine passport or the results of a negative PCR test taken 72 hours prior to departure… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.For the very last time this year we'll talk to the Deputy leader of the National party, Nicola Willis. Nathan Rarere asked what she made of yesterday's announcement. Audio

5:37 AM.Maori and Pasifika health providers have teamed up to try and vaccinate people who the government rollout has failed to reach. After a protracted court battle, the Ministry of Health has been… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Auckland hospitality businesses say the move to Orange on the 30th of December is too little too late for them. Yesterday the Prime Minister made the announcement that all regions in Red would move to… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.The lead-up to Christmas is always busy on TradeMe - as people flock to the site to find the perfect present.. And this week's perfect present just might be a barge. With a Spa pool.. Producer Jeremy… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.To the UK now, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the first death of the Omicron variant of covid-19. Joining Nathan Rarere from the UK's covid capital is our correspondent Hope Bolger.

5:06 AM.We begin as we did yesterday in the United States, as stories of survival emerge in the wake of the tornados which swept through several US states over the weekend. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says… Read more Audio