First Up for Wednesday 27 August 2025

5:54 AM.A bike lane on Auckland's Meola Rd is proving popular with motorists.. and Auckland Transport is struggling to police it. Ross McNaughton has the story. Audio

5:47 AM.Alex Baird reports from the Middle-East with reaction to Israel's strike on another hospital Audio

5:26 AM.TradeMe's Emma Bacon has her list of the week's interesting auctions Audio

5:12 AM.Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Africa, where France has returned the skull of a long dead Madagascan King. Audio