First Up for Thursday 26 May 2022

5:49 AM.Nathan Rarere asked the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson during their regular weekly chat for his response to the tragedy in Texas. Audio

5:45 AM.Nineteen students and at least two teachers were murded during a shooting at a primary school in Texas, the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States. The 18-year-old gunman carried out… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Nappies and baby bibs will be alongside bike helmets and running shoes when New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hansen packs her bags for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Just 15 months after giving birth… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Time to check in with the Local Democracy Reporting programme and this morning we're in Gisborne with Matthew Rosenberg. He told me the latest from a story in Tokomaru Bay, where people who are… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.Over the channel in Europe - there's still a war raging - the latest concern being the impact of the war on global food supplies - which is one topic of conversation at the World Economic Forum… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To the UK now, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still on the hot seat in the wake of the release of the Sue Grey report into lockdown parties held at Number 10 Downing Street.. And there is, of… Read more Audio