First Up

Auckland has now made the move to Alert level 3.2 and retails shops can now open with a host of covid-safe measures in place, One business gearing up to make the change is the Women's Bookshop on… Read more Audio

An elderly dementia patient who has tested positive for Covid-19 at an Auckland resthome had only received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last month. Nova Gibson, says that she didn't get the… Read more Audio

This week New Zealand is hosting the Apec CEO Summit at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. In normal times this event would have seen more than 40 panellists and keynote speakers - including human rights… Read more Audio

A Northland Iwi leader says people are fed up with the region being targetted by anti-vax protesters, who yesterday disrupted the flow of freight and the vaccination effort. A police officer was… Read more Audio

To the UK, Nathan Rarere caught up with our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

We begin this morning - as we do most Wednesdays, across the Tasman where we are joined by First Up's cool Aunty in Australia, Pam Corkery. Audio

The National Party would allow vaccinated and unvaccinated people to travel across the Auckland border once we hit 85 per cent fully vaccinated or by the 1st of December - whichever comes first… Read more Audio

Auckland will join Waikato at Alert level 3.2 from midnight tonight meaning shops, zoos, libraries and a number of other venues can open again with limits of the number of patrons and with mandatory… Read more Audio

A Kiwi woman stuck in Brisbane after travelling there for medical treatment fears her pension will be cut if she doesn't make it home in the next few days. In ordinary circumstances pensions stop… Read more Audio

An Auckland Bakery says it is up to fifty-thousand dollars out of pocket and not covered by insurance after Chelsea Sugar recalled three brands of brown sugar last week. The recall was issued after… Read more Audio

This week on TradeMe - the team focus is on what's trending for summer - it's an early list of the most popular pre-Christmas favourites, and a plastic shoe is high on the list. But first, TradeMe's… Read more Audio

We're off to Japan now where the country has relaxed its quarantine period for people entering the country to just three days. It comes off the back of a dramatic fall in cases numbers since the… Read more Audio