First Up for Tuesday 18 October 2022

5:53 AM.The emergency department at New Zealand's largest hospital Middlemore has been labelled an "unsafe environment for both patients and staff". This was among the damning conclusions of an independent… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.You'll no doubt be aware - if you've been to the supermarket recently, the cost of food remains high In fact, latest StatsNZ data shows it's at a 13-year high. With some parents struggling to feed… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The new mayor of Invercargill is doing away with the trappings of office - no more titles, like Your Worship and the robes. Nobby Clark takes over the reigns after nearly 27 years. Nathan Rarere asked… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.To Mid Canterbury now where Local Democracy Reporting programme's Jonathan Leask has been getting his head around the new Ashburton District Council. He told Nathan Rarere who's in and who's out. Audio

5:14 AM.Now it's time to get the latest from Japan with Chris Gilbert. He and Nathan Rarere started by talking about why the Japanese Prime Minister avoided a visit to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the chaos of Westminster, joining Nathan Rarere from London is our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio