First Up for Monday 18 July 2022

5:54 AM.Industry experts suggest Auckland is on track for another building material shortage due to a shortage of quarries in the region. Currently, one in six truckloads of quarried materials that come into… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.The Ministry of Health says the highly-transmissible BA.5 subvariant of Omicron will become the dominant strain of the virus in New Zealand in a matter of weeks. Yesterday there were nearly… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.A large cleanup operation is underway on several Pacific Islands after huge ocean swells caused widespread flooding, damaging homes and hotels over the weekend. A state of emergency was declared in… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.To the fresh produce markets we head - in Rotorua this morning is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:14 AM.Sri Lanka's parliament will gather to vote for a new president this week after Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation. The vote comes less than a week after the resignation, in the wake of a tumultuous few… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.U.S President Joe Biden has just wrapped up a tour of Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia - his first ever visit to the region in his capacity as President. Joining Nick Truebridge from… Read more Audio