First Up for Monday 25 July 2022

5:53 AM.The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation The classification, which is the highest alert that the WHO can issue, came after a surge in cases… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Latest figures show there are at least five-and-a-half-thousand new community cases of COVID 19 in the country There's currently a rolling average of eight-and-a-half thousand cases and 24 deaths per… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki led a thousand or so protesters on a march that caused major disruptions in Auckland on Saturday. Protest organisers said they wanted to cause "motorway mayhem in… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.With Nathan Rarere from the fresh produce markets is the Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:14 AM.There has been a sharp rise in the number of drownings since the emergence of Covid-19 ... here and around the world. There are an average of 77 fatal drownings in Aotearoa every year, which is why… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To Pakistan we head - where covid-19 numbers are again on the rise - and the monkeypox virus is spreading in neighbouring India. Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent Kaswar Klasra in Pakistan about… Read more Audio