First Up for Thursday 9 May 2024

5:51 AM.Labour's Deputy Leader and Kelston MP Carmel Sepuloni joins Nathan in her regular Thursday morning chat to talk about new plans around school lunches, prison plans and importing coal for energy use… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Changes to the lunches in schools programme are on the way. The government's budgeted three dollars per lunch - down from about 8 dollars. Harrison Stott is the founder of the Kitchen Collective… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.James Parr tells us about the dark side of the moon and a delay to the latest launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule. Audio

5:27 AM.RNZ's Samantha Gee tells Nathan about Nelson residents having to wait 3 years to have the stopbank around the Wairau River repaired Audio

5:18 AM.As the war in Ukraine continues, Europe competes in Eurovision - and Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund casts her eye over it all Audio

5:12 AM.Chris Gilbert reports in from Tokyo about US President Biden calling Japan xenophobic and the town annoyed at tourists over their picture perfect photo-taking of Mt Fuji. Audio

5:05 AM.A Tory MP has defected to Labour, and women are now allowed in a men's only club. Ellie Jay reports from London Audio