First Up for Tuesday 12 July 2022

5:54 AM.A system under pressure but not a crisis is how Health Minister Andrew Little described the current state of our health system. But an astonishing 93.5 per cent of doctors who participated in a… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.A band of wet and wild weather is moving across the country this morning with warnings it could lead to flooding and slips. Heavy rain warnings and watches are in place for much of Aotearoa with… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The 51st Pacific Islands Forum is into its second day after getting off to a rocky start with Kiribati's surprise exit from the group. This is the first in-person meeting of the forum in two years… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Now it's time to hear about the concerns of our main opposition party with National's deputy leader Nicola Willis. Nathan Rarere started by asking about leader Christopher Luxon's policy-finding trip… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.We head to Gisborne Tairawhiti now which has been found to have the highest rate of hazardous drinking in the country. Nathan Rarere discussed the findings with Local Democracy Reporting Programme… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.Across the Tasman now, where thousands of people affected by this month's floods have a mammoth cleanup on their hands after returning to their badly damaged homes. Meanwhile, latest figures show… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK, where things are heating up..politically and temperature-wise. Staying out of the sun is our UK correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio