First Up for Tuesday 16 May 2023

5:47 AM.With just under five months left until the October elections - and there's some fresh political polls to ponder. A Newshub-Reid Research poll shows Labour neck and neck with National, around 35 per… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.With Year 9 teachers set to strike across the country today we've fielded some frustrated text messages from some of you - wondering what they're complaining about. Our reporter Leonard Powell went… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Just where a comedian comes up with their best lines is a trade secret BUT it's information that Nathan Rarere managed to extract from Rhys Mathewson - First Up's featured act from the comedy… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Time now to head to Japan with our correspondent Chris Gilbert. He told me what's on the agenda for the upcoming G7 summit. Audio

5:09 AM.To the United Kingdom now, where both Ukraine's President and our correspondent Ellie Jay are. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in Wellington, where a number of people are unaccounted for after an overnight fire. Morning Report producer Denise Garland was on the scene and Nathan Rarere talked to her just prior to… Read more Audio