First Up for Wednesday 13 July 2022

6:59 AM.The Reserve Bank looks set to increase the official cash rate for the third time in a row later today as the Reserve Bank tries to reign in inflation. Joining Nathan Rarere is Infometrics economist… Read more Audio

6:30 AM.US Vice President Kamala Harris is to address the Pacific Islands Forum later today to, as the White House puts it, "underscore the commitment of the United States to the Pacific Islands region". It… Read more Audio

6:29 AM.More than 35-thousand people will pack into Wellington's Cake Tin to watch the decider between the All Blacks and a rampant Ireland on Saturday. But, like workplaces across the country, Covid and… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.Senior citizens fear complacency around mask use is putting their lives at risk. This comes as the country battles a second wave and varient of Omicron as well as enslaught of other winter illnesses… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.If you've ever been interested in the origins of, now is a great time to be alive, as the world's most powerful telescope, the James Webb, shows us lightbeams from billions of years ago -- and in full… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.Each Wednesday the First Up plane touches down in Doha - joining Nathan Rarere from there is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:08 AM.Across the Tasman now - where Prime Minister Albanese is off to Fiji to join leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum - Nathan Rarere spoke with our Brisbane correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio