First Up for Tuesday 6 December 2022

5:50 AM.A Royal Commission of Inquiry -- the highest-level inquiry available to the government -- will examine how New Zealand responded during to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be chaired by Australian-based… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.New research shows New Zealand businesses are holding twice as much stock as before the pandemic, while making significantly less money. Inventory management software company Unleashed has published a… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Having won the Christchurch and Queenstown marathons, and then the Auckland Marathon for a second year running, over the weekend Daniel Jones ran 60 kilometres across incredibly rugged terrain in four… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Local Democracy Reporting time now and this morning we're in Mid-Canterbury with Jonathan Leask. He told Nathan Rarere about some major roading projects in Ashburton, which not everyone's too happy… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.The thespians of Wellington's Circa Theatre are at it again - it's Pantomime season and this year they're putting their spin on the classic tale - Pinnochio. Nathan Rarere asked director Gavin… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.Time now for the latest news from Japan with Chris Gilbert who has been out on the police beat this week. Chris began by telling Nathan Rarere about one civilian who really really wanted the police to… Read more Audio