First Up for Tuesday 31 January 2023

5:51 AM.A North Shore pensioner says she was told by her housing provider to 'jump on her bed' to escape the floodwaters on Friday amid the city's deluge. Stephanie - who has asked us to only use her first… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Auckland has had almost eight times its normal January rainfall this month, with more rainovernight and Metservice issuing a heavy rain warning for the region for the next 24 hours. A low lying area… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.The first two political polls since Chris Hipkins took over as Prime Minister show Labour nudging ahead. The 1News Kantar Public Poll has Labour on 38 per cent, up 5 percentage points, and National… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Time now to head to Whanganui with our Local Democracy programme. Reporter Moana Ellis is here with us. Audio

5:16 AM.Time now to hear from our correspondent in Japan Chris Gilbert. And he started by telling Nathan Rarere about two tourists who lost their lives in an avalanche. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the United Kingdom - Nathan Rarere is joined from London by our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio