First Up

Ski fields are starting to open around New Zealand and in the middle of Te ika a Maui, the ski fields of Whakapapa and Turoa are ready for business, Travis Donoghue, Chief Operating Officer of Ruapehu… Read more Audio

Our minister of fruit and vege, Glenn Forsyth joined Nathan Rarere for a look at the week in fresh produce. Audio

A North Canterbury farm rescue's food bill is soaring with more mouths, snouts and beaks to feed this winter. A dozen geese and Marshmallow the pig are the latest additons to settle in at Canterbury… Read more Audio

The Chathams islands could end up being the first place in the country to have a fully vaccinated population. Our producer Matthew Theunissen has spent much of the week there getting to know the… Read more Audio

The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex - Princes William and Harry, have unveiled a statue of their mother, Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. It was the first time the pair had… Read more Audio

And joining Nathan Rarere from the Chatham islands is our producer Matthew "Te IKA NUI" Theunissen who is making history of his own because he was the only reporter brave enough to get on the plane in… Read more Audio

Let's go back to the Chatham islands now where their vaccine rollout is set to begin this morning. We've woken up our producer Matthew Theunissen who is there.. But first let's hear from two of the… Read more Audio

With cases continuing to rise in Australia and opposition claims that we might run out of Pfizer vaccines here in New Zealand, Nathan Rarere asked the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson what the… Read more Audio

And it's the time of the week when we catch up with our friends from the Local Democracy Reporting programme, who've been breaking stories up and down the country. Not least of them is LDR Northland… Read more Audio

Let's return to the Chatham Islands.. We sent our producer Matthew Theunissen there on Tuesday night to follow today's vaccination rollout. We'll wake him up to hear more shortly but first here's… Read more Audio

To Fiji now where they have recorded 312 more Covid-19 cases and four more covid related deaths. There are now 3306 active cases in isolation with 21 deaths reported since March 2020, 19 of which are… Read more Audio

The first vials of the precious Covid 19 vaccine have arrived on the Chatham islands. Our First Up producer Matthew Theunissen was there yesterday as six community leaders rolled up their sleeves to… Read more Audio