First Up for Friday 3 February 2023

5:54 AM.An Auckland concrete contractor pumped five million litres of water from two floors of underground carparks this week as flooding wreaked havoc across the city. At least 100 vehicles were submerged in… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Throughout this election year we're going to be speaking regularly with MPs from all the country's major political parties. And this morning it's the turn of Act and its deputy leader Brooke van… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The massive scale of clean-up in Auckland is becoming clearer as the floodwaters recede. All week we've heard accounts of human loss and damage to property. But the record-breaking flash floods also… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.It's the first Friday of the month - so no better time to catch up with our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Hawkes Bay Nectarines Audio

5:18 AM.Auckland's flooding has not only affected houses, businesses and schools but it also struck the Aotea Centre which had to find a new venue for it's immersive exhibition Renaissance: The Age of Genius… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To Africa now - Nathan Raree is joined from Accra, the capital of Ghana by our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's start the programme in the United States - Nathan Rarere is joined from New York by our correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio