First Up for Tuesday 10 May 2022

5:55 AM.American novelist Harry Leon Wilson wrote: "Golf has too much walking to be a good game, and just enough game to spoil a good walk." But is it also a way to spoil a good run? The New Zealand speed… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Scarcely a day goes by at the moment without another report of a ram raid robbery One man who knows better than most what's going on is Luke Mealamu from Auckland's Mealamu Security. Nathan Rarere… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.With the cost of living crisis being acutely felt by people across Aotearoa, National's deputy leader and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis delivered her pre-budget speech yesterday. In the address… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.We head to Tauranga to join our Local Democracy Reporting programme journalist Alisha Evans. Alisha has been looking into a controversial new roading trial which has seen motorists receiving some… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.The Department of Conservation is on high alert after a dead possum was found on largely predator-free Great Barrier Island. The possum was found by a local resident on the road at Whangaparapara… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.To Japan now where the long-awaited Golden Week has just come to a close. So as RNZ Tokyo correspondent Chris Gilbert explains, people are now returning home having delivered gifts to their loved ones… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom, where it's the Labour opposition leader, Sir Keir Starmer is under investigation for allegedly breaking lockdown rules last year. With more on that, Nathan… Read more Audio