First Up for Friday 4 February 2022

5:53 AM.Taran Singh and his wife Irvin Kaur have been trying to get home to New Zealand before Irvin gives birth in mid April. Nathan Rarere spoke with Taran just before the programme and asked him about… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Meanwhile one of the most vocal critics of the government's MIQ system has been businessman Sir Ian Taylor. We caught up as he travelled to the United States last year to demonstrate how testing and… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Thousands of Kiwis overseas will be able to return to New Zealand without MIQ from the end of the month. The news has garnered mixed reactions from people online, with some saying it's too little too… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.Beijing is set to become the first city to hold both a summer and winter Olympics, with the 2022 Winter Games kicking off today.. Nathan Rarere spoke with Sky Sport's Jeff McTainsh, who arrived in the… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.We're at tail of the berry season now - to talk berries is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:10 AM.We head to Washington DC now, where Nathan Rarere is joined by Simon Marks. Audio

5:06 AM.Breaking news out of the Middle East overnight with the death of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qureshi We start with a double hit in the USA - first let's head to New York to our correspondent… Read more Audio