First Up for Tuesday 5 July 2022

5:54 AM.Auckland's Carmel College is the latest school to tell its students to go back to online learning for the remainder of the term, as Covid and flu run rampant through students and staff. It comes as… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Each week we get to talk to the deputy leaders of the two largest parties in the country and this morning it's the turn of National's Nicola Willis. I started by asking about her leader Christopher… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Just beneath the soil, a horror story is unfolding that would rival the most gruesome slash and gore pic. Spores that have burrowed into young cicadas during their long hibernation are beginning to… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.For our Local Democracy Reporting spot this morning we're in beautiful Marlborough, where Maia Hart has been reporting on the upcoming local body elections. Audio

5:13 AM.In Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Police have just arrested a 68 year old man who had put his brother's skull out with the recycling. But in my catch up with Chris Gilbert this week, we start with news… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in UK, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still in charge but it's a bumpy road he's bumbling down.. Joining Nathan from London is our correspondent Hope Bolger. Audio