First Up for Thursday 13 February 2025

5:52 AM.Weekly catch up with the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Carmel Sepuloni. Audio

5:47 AM.A countrywide power outage in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that clambered into a power station south of Colombo. Correspondent Anas Mallick talks about the latest from Asia. Audio

5:36 AM.Nathan's Thursday chat with sports guru Grant Chapman Audio

5:23 AM.The latest from Nelson with Local Democracy Reporter Samantha Gee Audio

5:15 AM.UK has toughened up rules making it almost impossible for a refugee who arrives in the UK on a small boat to become British citizens. UK Correspondent Ellie Jay has the latest Audio

5:10 AM.The Lantern Festival is on at Auckland's Manukau Sports Bowl. First Up reporter Ke-Xin Li went to find out what's new Audio