First Up for Tuesday 13 September 2022

5:49 AM.New Zealanders will have an unexpected public holiday on Monday the 26th of September to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. It will coincide with a state memorial service to be held in in… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.As of this morning, the Covid Traffic Light system is a thing of the past. Instead of going to the Green Light setting, Cabinet yesterday decided to scap the Covid-19 Protection Framework altogether… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Over the past week or so we've been hearing from the four major candidates vying to be the next mayor of New Zealand's largest city. This morning we're with Wayne Brown, the businessman and former Far… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Time to catch up with the Local Democracy Reporting Programme and this morning we're on the West Coast with LDR journalist Brendon McMahon. Audio

5:14 AM.To Japan now, soon you're going to hear about life-saving cyborg cockroaches. But first our correspondent in Tokyo Chris Gilbert told us about the reaction there to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in London, where plans for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth are being finalised as her coffin lies in Edinburgh's St Giles Cathedral. With Nathan Rarere from London is our… Read more Audio