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5:20 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth on where are the coconuts and pomegranates? Audio

5:11 AM.We're delighted to be joined for the first time by our new correspondent in Sweden, former RNZ International reporter Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:52 AM.People offer and hunt for all kinds of things on the Auckland Family Free Cycle Facebook page, but one mum is on the hunt for something very specific for her five-year-old son. Ellie Jay meets James… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 AM.Our managed isolation hotels have come under scrutiny this week following revelations a Northland woman and two other guests tested positive for Covid-19 after leaving Auckland's Pullman Hotel. The… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 AM.One of our new weekly segments on First Up this year is looking at wildlife and animals. The Lonely Miaow is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the rescue and care of stray and abandoned cats and… Read more Audio

5:32 AM."What the World Needs Now" is "The Look of Love" - and that's what entertainer Ali Harper has brought to Wellington audiences at Circa Theatre. Ali's extensive Musical Theatre and Cabaret background… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Joining us now for the weekend market report is our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth - looking at what are the best salad ingredients and garlic. Audio

5:14 AM.Ahhh the sounds of a Kiwi summer. But we've noticed that the annual chorus of the cicadas has been missing this year. Our reporter Ella Stewart asked entomologist Thomas Buckley why the cicadas seem… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from Doha, is our man in the Middle East, Kamahl Santamaria who talks about quarantining after a trip to the US and Israel's warning to the new US President about re-engaging… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.The Ministry of Health confirmed late last night that there are two more cases of Covid-19 in the community. The two cases completed managed isolation at the same time as the weekend's Northland case… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.A slew of new members of Parliament after last October's general election, and in 2021 we'd like to introduce you to as many of them as possible. One of the most talked-about was the infectious… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.We're all too aware that the news can be a bit too Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch focused, so this year we're incredibly grateful to have access to the marvellous Local Democracy Reporting… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.The number of sharks and rays worldwide has fallen by 71 per cent in the last 50 years and according to Australian and international research more than three-quarters of species are now threatened… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.This week on First Up, we have been bringing you a mini-series of interviews where Nathan Rarere posed the same four questions to three everyday Americans about their reflections of life over the… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.To Europe now, where a row is escalating over the supply of COVID vaccines.. EU authorities are urging pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to publish details of the contract they signed for Covid… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Well the discovery of the South African variant certainly gave people in Northland a big scare, just when the region was bouncing back from the initial economic hit from Covid. Joining us now is… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Scientists have discovered people who've had Covid-19 aren't always protected from the new South African variant of the virus. The South African strain, called 501Y.V2, was detected in Northland over… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.Christchurch recorded it's hottest temperature on record yesterday, with the mercury reaching 36.7 degrees. The 1979 Christchurch record of 35.9 was also exceeded elsewhere in the region, with one… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.We're up ridiculously early here at First Up and we always like finding out who is awake and about at the same time. At Auckland bakery Daily Bread the bakers arrive at work at 2am to start baking as… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 AM.This week on First Up, we are bringing you a mini-series of interviews where we pose the same four questions to three everyday Americans about their reflections of life over the final month of the… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Across the Tasman now where thousand of blokes and sheilas defied Covid health concerns to march against the celebration of the country's national day. Australia day commemorates the day in 1788 when… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Christchurch is set to get to 36 degrees today and with two fires breaking out yesterday afternoon - crews are on high alert. Two helicopters and six fire crews fought a blaze on Balmoral Hill in… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.We take our monthly trip into space right now as we head to London to catch up with the founder of the Open Space Agency, former fastest kid in gumboots at school in Eastbourne, Wellington, James Parr… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Kiwi UFC star Dan Hooker had a devastating loss over the weekend, being TKO'd by his American opponent Michael Chandler in Abu Dhabi. Adding to the drama was Hooker's throwing off his gloves at the… Read more Audio