First Up for Tuesday 7 October 2025

5:53 AM.Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour talks truancy and the window smashing at Winston Peter's St Mary's bay house. Audio

5:50 AM.You've only got a few more days to vote in this year's local body elections, reporter Ke-Xin Li asks what issues are motivating voters. Audio

5:45 AM.Best selling authour Dame Jilly Cooper has died, Henry Riley reports from London Audio

5:25 AM.Tauranga's scrapped a new aquatic centre having already spent millions on the plan, LDR's Alisha Evans has the story Audio

5:13 AM.Japan's ruling party has its first female leader, our correspondent in Tokyo, Chris Gilbert, has the story Audio