First Up for Friday 18 November 2022

5:54 AM.An Australian business owner has come up with a clever way to deal with a dire staff shortage ... one he says other businesses crying out for workers would be wise to follow. Barry Iddles has… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.This weekend, Samoa's national rugby league team have the chance to make history when they take on Australia in England. If you've been anywhere near south Auckland this week, you'll know how much… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.The judges have been honing down the finalists for the Vista Foundation 48Hours film festival which kicks off tonight at the beautiful Civic Theatre in Auckland. In the festival filmmakers are given a… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Stand by, alert the neighbours, wake the children - we have the Minister of Fruit and Veges now who is going to help us - with only 5 weeks to go until Christmas - on some cost of living tips. Fruit… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.It's Friday and time to cross to our Africa correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:12 AM.A Dutch court has found three men with links to Russia guilty of mass murder over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in July 2014. All 298 passengers and crew were killed… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We go to the US this morning with Bevan Hurley Audio