First Up

North Shore's Wairau Valley residents are looking forward to the regeneration of the area affected by 2023's Anniversary Day Floods Audio

Artemis II is on the launch pad getting ready for the first moon mission in 53 years - James Parr explains why to Nathan Audio

Glenn Forsyth tells us how 2026 is shaping up for fresh fruit and veggies exporters Audio

Katherine Firkin reports from the USA where millions more Epstein files have been released Audio

Pokemon cards are an investment phenomenon, but the popularity of the cards is attracting a criminal element. Ke-xin Li has the story. Audio

The US Federal Government looks like it's pulling back operations in Minnesota - Zach Montellaro has the details Audio

What's causing trees to explode in the USA? Joe Zeleznik from the University of North Dakota has the answer about frost cracks. Audio

It's a potato party at the markets this morning - Glenn Forsyth has his report and the Fruit of the Week - NZ Cherries Audio

Reports of gunfire and explosions in Niger and a silent Senegalese TikTok star sells his company for more than a billion dollars, Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Africa. Audio

Willow-Jean Prime makes her first appearance on First Up for the year - she talks education and political polls Audio

Wellington's Great Big Waterfront Clean Up kicks off today, organiser Naiomi Murgatroyd talked with Nathan Rarer''e' Audio

There's a kiwi-pocalyse up north - and a lot of mud - Peter de Graaf reports. Audio