First Up

A new partnership has been formed to adequately fund and grow Maori sport. Sport NZ and the National Maori Sport Authority will work together to try to increase capability and resources. But as Liam… Read more Audio

Few of us need a fourteen car garage - but for those who do, and have a spare six mill or so, 38 Porterfield Road, Whitford might be your next address. And to fill that garage you'll need cars and a… Read more Audio

To news from the Middle East - Nick Truebridge spoke with our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

To the US where in the State of Georgia, where investigators have their sights on one of former President Donald Trump's closest advisors as part of their probe into his efforts to overturn the 2020… Read more Audio

There are widespread calls for former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to resign from Parliament after revelations he appointed himself to 5 ministries during his last two years in office… Read more Audio

Politics now and the Labour caucus is due to meet this week to deal with the allegations of bullying levelled by Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma against his own party. As Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

The University of Auckland say their latest trial is likely to have a direct impact on future treatment of tinnitus. The results were positive, with the majority of trialists in citing improvements in… Read more Audio

The upper South Island is on high alert this morning with some areas forecast to receive more than 500mm of rain over the next couple of days. There's an orange rain warning in force for Buller… Read more Audio

We head to Taranaki now and Nick Truebridge spoke with Local Democracy Reporting Programme journalist Craig Ashworth who's been looking at how the fight is shaping up for the new Maori seats at… Read more Audio

A new documentary series about young queer New Zealanders with disabilities will start streaming today on AttitudeLive.com and via Tahi. Justin Scott is one of the producers of the series called… Read more Audio

To Europe now, where it's still hot - wildfires are continuing to cause destruction on a massive scale and Russian tourists are rushing to apply for visas as calls grow to ban them from the EU… Read more Audio

To the UK now where weeks of hot weather are set to break into thunderstorms but first - there are calls for a freeze of a non-weather kind. Our correspondent Ellie Jay with us. Audio