First Up for Wednesday 5 October 2022

5:54 AM.Parliament is about to debate a proposal to ban alcohol sponsorship in sports and give local councils the power to control how liquor is sold. The National and Act Parties have indicated they will be… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.The fallout from the cancellation of the Auckland leg of the Armageddon Expo continues, with vendors saying they have been left thousands of dollars out of pocket. An ongoing legal battle involving… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.An icy front is due to grip parts of New Zealand today with snow down to low levels expected on both islands. Joining Nick Truebridge with the latest is WeatherWatch forecaster Philip Duncan. Audio

5:34 AM.New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox may miss out on next years New Zealand Open following the biggest win of his career. Fox won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland over the weekend, beating the… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.The current Black Ferns have the chance to do what no past team has done, win the Rugby World Cup on home soil. The New Zealand women's team have won five of the nine editions of the tournament so… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.This week on TradeMe - a little bit of the American South - but in Greytown. And one of the oddest listings in a while - but perfect for Halloween, it's a porcelain mortuary table. But first, producer… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.Iran's Ayatollah is blaming the west - the US and Israel - for the ongoing protests there - we'll get an update on that in just a moment, from Doha is our correpsondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:06 AM.It's Wednesday so time to go across the Tasman for the latest. Pam Corkery is with us now. Audio