First Up

Winter veges should be coming through in good supply post the first long weekend of winter... and to tell us more here's the Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

Joining Nathan Rarere from London as she helps gather up bunting and dodging Monkey Pox is our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio

New Zealand Rugby yesterday signed a 200 million dollar deal with US private equity firm Silver Lake, giving it control of its revenue-generating assets. At a special general meeting yesterday the 26… Read more Audio

A 26 year old sheep and beef farmer from Taumarunui won the STIHL World Timbersports trophy in Vienna over the weekend, defeating world champion Jason Lentz in the final in front of a crowd of 3500… Read more Audio

The Pasifika Festival has been a looked forward to event that had to deal with cancellations these past few years. Organisers are putting on Taste of Pasifika, which will cram the best bits of the… Read more Video, Audio

It's a loooooong weekend - and if you're eating fruit.. pineapple will be high on the list. Nathan Rarere was joined from the markets by our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

To Africa we go - where Russia is on the hunt for friends and toe-selling is trending in Zimbabwe. Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent Nabil Ahmed, who's in Ghana about the US deploying troops to… Read more Audio

To the USA - where Nathan Rarere is joined from New York by our correspondent Anna Burns-Francis. Audio

And the Silver Lake deal was one of a number of topics Nathan Rarere discussed with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Sport Grant Robertson. He asked how significant is the decision NZ Rugby has… Read more Audio

New Zealand Rugby will hold a special general meeting today to allow provincial unions to vote on the whether to proceed with a deal that will see the US equity firm Silver Lake take over a large… Read more Audio

Perhaps the biggest story of last month's Australian elections wasn't the rise of Anthony Albanese's Labour or the decline of Scott Morrison's Liberal-National coalition, it was the dramatic ascent of… Read more Audio