First Up for Thursday 24 November 2022

5:53 AM.And as you heard people with mortgages are really going to have to tighten their belts with yet another interest rates hike. Joining Nathan Rarere to go over what this could mean for the housing… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.We're heading into a recession. That's according to the Reserve Bank in its latest Monetary Policy Statement, in which it raised interest rates by a whopping 75 basis points. The bank predicts a… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.A West Coast man might need to buy a Lotto ticket after his ute was struck by lightning and engulfed in flames. Caleb Harris was driving from Hokitika to Golden Bay earlier in the week when the… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.Time to check in with the Local Democracy Reporting programme and this morning we're in Gisborne with the one and only Matthew Rosenberg. Matthew has been trying to solve the mystery of the San Rosa… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.Time now to get the latest from our correspondent in Europe, Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio

5:05 AM.It is Thursday and a month til Christmas and already the complaints have started - what's going on UK correspondent Henry Riley? Audio