First Up for Tuesday 21 June 2022

5:53 AM.Right now in Auckland's Pacific Island neighbourhoods, you can't move for red and white flags flying out of cars, adorning front windows or draped around the shoulders of the most fervent supporters… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.There was much to discuss with National's deputy leader Nicola Willis this week Roading, the doctor shortage and the debacle with gib board But first Nathan Rarere discussed National's victory in the… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.KidsCan has launched an urgent appeal to help feed children as winter hits, with its monthly donors having dropped for the first time in the programs 17 year history The charity says it's seeing a… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.To Spain now, where firefighters are battling wildfires caused by one of the earliest heatwaves on record.. Joining Nathan Rarere is our roving reporter Ellie Jay. Audio

5:06 AM.To our Japan desk now, where we have news of a plot involving voodoo ... but first Tokyo correspondent Chris Gilbert told Nathan Rarere that the Japanese police are gearing up for a Mt Fuji eruption.