First Up for Monday 7 November 2022

5:52 AM.More than half of all Kiwi families will become eligible for support to cover the cost of childcare. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled the policy aimed at easing cost of living pressures at the… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.For the first time in three years, year 11 to 13 students will undergo NCEA exams in -- relatively -- normal circumstances from today. Back in 2020 NCEA was delayed by 10 days with more than half of… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.Polls for the midterm elections close on November 8 but the parties are bringing out the big guns Latest figures from NBC show more than 40 million people have already voted. Joining Nathan Rarere is… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.It's Monday and our Minister of Fruit of Vege Glenn Forsyth is with us from the fresh produce market amongst the asparagus and pototoes. Audio

5:14 AM.Our Europe correspondent Nita Blake-Perse talks to Nathan Rarere about climate activists who blocked private jets in Amsterdam and glued their hands to paintings in Spain Audio

5:06 AM.Time now to cross to our US correspondent Anna Burns-Francis who is in Charlotte, North Carolina. Audio