First Up for Tuesday 25 January 2022

5:51 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with the deputy leader of the National Party, Nicola Willis, and asked if she thinks the country's prepared for Omicron. Audio

5:46 AM.A major live events company has cancelled all of its shows for the rest of the year as a result of the country going to the red traffic light setting. Greenstone Entertainment made the difficult… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.To the Cook Islands now where Cabinet has to decided to keep the travel bubble with New Zealand open - despite the Omicron outbreak here. Nathan Rarere spoke with Liana Scott from the Cook Islands… Read more Audio

5:27 AM.This week on TradeMe - a very very special Land Rover AND A John Britten tribute helmet, being auctioned to support an up and coming motorbike racer. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Much of Tonga is still covered by a layer of ash after the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano just over a week ago. And that ash isn't going anywhere, anytime soon. Nathan Rarere spoke… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.We head to Japan now where, like in New Zealand, things were starting to get back to normal ... until Omicron came along. Since the start of the month, the new variant has washed over the country at… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still under pressure from both opposition parties and members of his own Conservative Party to resign over what has… Read more Audio