First Up for Wednesday 3 August 2022

5:52 AM.The Commonwealth Games have been a huge success so far for New Zealand's swimmers, with Lewis Clareburt becoming our first male Kiwi swimmer to win two golds at a games. Backstroker Andrew Jeffcoat… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Mohamed Hassan is an award winning former RNZ journalist, poet and author who says international travel is still a logistical nightmare for millions of Muslims, who like him, have to prepare in… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.What's the sexiest fruit in the world? A tempting tomato, a proud banana? Kumquat A contender for that title is up for grabs on TradeMe this week.. Producer Jeremy Parkinson talked with Ruby Topzand… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.To the Middle East now where Governments have been reacting to the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by a US drone in Kabul. Al-Zawahiri had been living in an apartment in the Afghan… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.Staying in Australia, where the new Labor government is proposing enshrining an "indigenous voice" in parliament - and a Commonwealth Games love-triangle that isn't - is leading the news. With Nathan… Read more Audio