First Up for Thursday 28 July 2022

5:49 AM.A review into the hiring of TVNZ presenter Kamahl Santamaria has found a number of flaws in the recruitment process. The former Al Jazeera presenter lasted just 32 days in the job and left under a… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Seven Manly Sea Eagles players stood down this week after the club announced players would wear a rainbow strip this week to promote LGBTIA+ inclusion. The players cite religious reasons for refusing… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.Papakainga is the term in Te Reo which describes communal housing on ancestral Maori land or Whenua. Aden Miles Morunga of the Local Democracy reporting program has been covering the progress of… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.From Birmingham to Europe now, where grain exports out of Ukraine have restarted after that missile strike on the Black Sea port at Odessa.. With Nathan Rarere from Sweden is our correspondent Anita… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom where "very militant unions" are being blamed for train strikes which are expected to cause a decent amount of chaos to commuters over the next 24 hours… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.New White Ferns coach Ben Sawyer is back in Birmingham and getting to see the sights for the first time. Sawyer coached the Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred cricket competition last season and will… Read more Audio