First Up for Thursday 8 December 2022

5:49 AM.Time hear from the Deputy Prime Minister now Grant Robertson now. Nathan Rarere asked him if a bad batch of aviation fuel that's forcing airlines to ration their supplies could disrupt people's… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.To a story about a bridge in the Coromandel, but not a one way road bridge like you might expect. A walking and cycling bridge that would cross the Tairua river between Tairua and Pauanui looks set to… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Upcoming holiday travel plans could -- potentially -- be disrupted due to a dud batch of aviation fuel. Routine testing found the shipment of 25 million litres of fuel was not fit for purpose and… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.And it's Thursday, so time now to head to the regions with our local democracy reporting programme. This morning it is the turn of Diane McCarthy from Whakatane. Audio

5:13 AM.To Europe now, in Sweden is our correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio