First Up for Thursday 4 August 2022

5:48 AM.As you know, here at First Up we spare no expense to bring you the finest coverage of events not only in Aotearoa but around the world. So we've hired one Grant Robertson to be our correspondent from… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Forget about Paris, it's Dannevirke's turn to host the CANS film festival. It's not the French film festival with the A-Listers and red carpets, Dannevirke's version is all about actual tin cans. The… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.We're into the late stages of day 6 at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham - and it's been yet another golden day for New Zealand.. Representing RNZ in the reporting events is Felicity Reid and she… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time to check in with the Local Democracy Reporting team now and this morning we join David Hill in North Canterbury where things are growing at a rate of knots. Audio

5:15 AM.Entire New Zealand communities could have to move to higher ground due to climate change. That was a takeaway from a major government report released by Climate Change Minister James Shaw yesterday… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK, where the contest for the leadership of the Conservative party drags on...joining Nathan Rarere from London is our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio