First Up for Thursday 17 August 2023

5:49 AM.Nathan Rarere speaks with Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni. Audio

5:44 AM.A West Auckland family of five has spent the past six months living separately, two in a caravan, as they wait to find out what will become of their flood-damaged home. The family's house was badly… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Parker Jackson-Cartwright, sounds like a law frim but, standing at close to 175 centimetres tall, (5'7" in the old language) Jackson-Cartwright is the shortest import the Breakers have ever signed… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time now for our local demoracy reporting part of the programme and today it's the turn of Jonathan Leask from Mid Canterbury. Audio

5:15 AM.To Europe now, we are in Sweden, that's where Anita Purcell Sjölund calls home. Audio

5:09 AM.To the UK now, where they'll be celebrating in the castles, in the palaces and on the barges .. as England make their first World Cup final since the Beatles ruled the airwaves.. Nathan Rarere was… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.It wasn't to be - Australia's Matildas are out of the world cup, beaten by England 3 - 1. Pam Corkery has been swept up in the wave and is now a seasoned football correspondent. Audio