First Up for Thursday 17 February 2022

5:52 AM.Listening to that was the chef and manager of the Backbencher Gastropub across the road from Parliament on Molesworth St, Alistair Boyce. Audio

5:42 AM.Another day, another record number of Covid-19 cases to report. 1160 new community cases were logged yesterday and authorities seem certain we've not yet reached the peak of the Omicron outbreak… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.An Auckland-based theatre company says the Performing Arts industry is on the brink without access to a wage subsidy or resurgence payments. Every year the National Youth Theatre pays for 10,000… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.It's time for our Thursday chat with the Local Democracy reporters and this morning is the turn of Jonathan Leask from the Ashburton Guardian. Nathan Rarere asked Jonathan what's going on with the… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.As you walk the high streets of the cities, you can't help but notice how the latest fashions hug their figures perfectly. That's right, we're talking about mannequins. One man who's been in the… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.From former Europe to actual Europe now, where the main focus for most has gone from the Omicron outbreak to the possibility of the imminent outbreak of war. To tell us more Anita Purcell Sjölund is… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.It's been exactly 24 hours since news broke of the settlement paid by Prince Andrew to Virginia Giuffre's charity to settle her lawsuit against him.. but questions remain about how he funded the… Read more Audio