First Up for Thursday 23 June 2022

5:49 AM.South Auckland GPs will offer free appointments for the second weekend in a row in a bid to curb the pressure on Middlemore Hospital. Counties Manukau DHB are paying GP practices up to $350 per… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Tomorrow is the first time Matariki will be celebrated as a public holiday in Aotearoa. Producer Leonard Powell hit the streets of Tamaki Makaurau to find out what people are doing to celebrate. He… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Day 4 of the United States House Select Committee public hearings into the January 6 Insurrection kept piling up the evidence against Donald Trump and his team. To take us through the biggest talking… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.A just-released report has found that it's the worst time for potential first-home buyers trying to get into the housing market since 1957. That's according to economic consultancy Infometrics, their… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.It's Local Democracy Reporting Programme time now and this morning we're in Tauranga with Alisha Evans. Alisha's been covering the story about a dog owner's 11th hour bid to save her dog after it… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium returns to life on Saturday - with the New Zealand men's and women's rugby league sides hosting their Tongan counterparts. And for one of the new players in the Kiwis squad… Read more Audio