First Up for Tuesday 9 April 2024

5:49 AM.Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks public service targets and a potential pay-rise for politicians. Audio

5:45 AM.Aotearoa's biggest band is about to hit the far north, Six60 are playing the Te Kao Marae on their grass roots tour, Jimmy Ellingham spoke with marae comittee member and treasurer Rosie Conrad. Audio

5:35 AM.The tiny Illinois town of Cairo is in the path of totality of today's solar eclipse, local retailer Gabrielle Harris says the normally quiet small town is experiencing quite the boom. Audio

5:26 AM.Jonathan Leask is our local reporter in Ashburton and he told us there's one final hurdle to be jumped for a new multi-million dollar equine centre at Lake Hood. Audio

5:16 AM.Jimmy Ellingham spoke with South American correspondent Kate Pereyra-Garcia about a stoush between Ecuador and Mexico, the Peruvian president's collection of Rolex watches and we find out what the… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Our correspondent in London Henry Riley talks MPs being targeted in honey traps and warnings about MPs and social media usage. Audio