First Up for Tuesday 14 November 2023

5:51 AM.To politics, and National's tax cut plan is proving to be a sticking point in talks to form the next government. National campaigned on funding tax cuts, with the help of foreign house buyers - who… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.We all know the phrase "underpromise, overdeliver" - well Waka Kotahi has done just that, delivering an early Christmas present for the Coromandel. It's announced state highway 25A will be open by the… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Heading to the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa now, where staff and students at Wairoa College are shaving their heads to support one of their own. Fifteen year old Jhalena Lafaiki has been diagnosed with… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Time to catch up with the neighbourhood of Tauranga with local democracy reporter Alisha Evans. And the BoP capital is having it's own carpark controversy. Audio

5:18 AM.To Japan now, where the country has recorded its hottest November day in a hundred years. Meanwhile, Japan has been hosting the G7 summit of foreign ministers, which was dominated by talks about the… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with UK correspondent Henry Riley about Rishi Sunak's removal of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. Audio