First Up

We're kicking Wednesday off in our usual fashion with Pam Corkery in Brisbane. Audio

Not many Kiwis may know, but about 30 million people are gathered in Iraq right now for what could be the world's largest annual gathering.

Pilgrims from around the globe are making a symbolic… Read more Audio

The small Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa is humming this week - after just one ticket won the Powerball first division in the weekend Lotto draw! The winning ticket was sold at New World Wairoa... and has… Read more Audio

Time now or the local democracy reporting part of our programme. And today we're checking out the neighbourhood of David Hill from North Canterbury. He told Nathan Rarere about the Hurunui District… Read more Audio

A worldwide search has been launched to find one of the planet's most iconic musical instruments - Paul McCartney's original Höfner bass guitar. It's called the Lost Bass Project and they're appealing… Read more Audio

We begin Tuesday in the UK - for more on the concrete crisis and other news is our correspondent Ellie Jay who is in London.. where it's warm again! Audio

There's been a lot of talk in the news about teeth and dental care lately. The Greens are keen to see free dental care, and on Saturday, Labour made a promise for free dental care for Kiwis under 30… Read more Audio

It's usually best to avoid dairy products when they taste bitter and smell funky. But a team of food technologists are so sure their mustard and dill ice cream is a winner, they entered it in the NZ… Read more Audio

The US Tennis Open is well underway - Dave Worsley is there and spoke with Nathan Rarere. Audio

It's that time again, off to the markets we head - our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is Glenn Forsyth. Audio

To the islands now, with Nathan Rarere from Tonga is Kalafi Moala. Audio