First Up for Thursday 18 December 2025

5:51 AM.MP Duncan Webb talks about the political year on behalf of the Labour Party Audio

5:46 AM.Endurance racing and Xmas cake baking aren't usually associated, but they are at Wayne Moore's place in Paekakariki Audio

5:25 AM.Jimmy Ellingham is our reporter who looks after the neighbourhoods around the Manawatu. He updates Nathan on the story of a Feilding woman who has spent weeks in hospital after a botched surgery in… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Doctors won't be turning up to work across the UK, Ellie Jay has the story from London Audio