First Up for Tuesday 7 March 2023

5:55 AM.Yesterday afternoon came the news of the death of Georgina Beyer, the world's first openly transgender mayor and MP.. Here's audio from the 2004 civil union protests outside parliament where she… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Former Carterton Mayor and MP for Wairarapa Georgina Beyer died yesterday after a longer illness. Beyer (Te Ati Awa, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati Raukawa, and Ngati Porou) was the world's first openly… Read more Audio

5:40 AM.More than five weeks on from the devastating anniversary weekend floods, a displaced West Auckland family says that they are still unable to access the city's Mayoral relief fund and money for rental… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Thousands of Harry Styles fans flocked to Auckland's Mount Smart stadium yesterday.. but it wasn't to see the English pop star perform.. Fans from around the country gathered 29 hours before the gates… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.To South Auckland now where the amount of time people are waiting to get medical treatment just keeps going up and up. Steven Forbes from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme has been right across… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.In the UK the Matt Hancock text message saga continues - Nathan Rarere was joined from London by our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio