First Up for Thursday 16 February 2023

5:49 AM.So three days after Monday's devastating cyclone, thousands of people across Tairawhiti, Hawke's Bay, Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel remain cut off, without power or cell phone coverage. At… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.At last, many Coromandel residents were able to enjoy a hot meal and a cold beer yesterday when the lights flickered on for the first times since Sunday night . But they're being warned that the… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Animals have also been left homeless and shaken during Cyclone Gabrielle. To find out how they're being helped we visited HUHA at their temporary base at the Dog Exhibition Centre in South Auckland… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Time to head to the Top of the South and talk local issues with LDR's Max Frethey where's there's a development in the Nelson library saga. Audio

5:15 AM.To Europe now, from Sweden Nathan Rarere is joined by Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio