First Up

New Zealand's general population will start to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from next month, beginning with those aged over 60 from July the 28th. Yesterday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed… Read more Audio

Since the Government announced its rebate scheme for low emission vehicles last week, interest in electric vehicles has absolutely soared. According to TradeMe, there have been nearly 22-thousand… Read more Audio

Powerlifting is not an Olympic sport - but if it was, our gold medal hope would be Rotorua man-mountain Maateiwarangi Heta-Morris. And early next month the man known as The Beast will attempt a New… Read more Audio

Time for your twice-weekly injection of fresh produce news with our Minister of fruit and vege Glenn Forsyth who today looks at the bountiful supply of Asian veges. Audio

An Auckland animal sanctuary is preparing to welcome 1-thousand hens who've been saved from the chopping block and need new homes. They will join the three-legged sheep, Peggy, and a very cuddly cow… Read more Audio

New Zealand BMX rider Sarah Walker has missed out on a second consecutive Olympic Games. The London 2012 silver medalist was injured ahead of the 2016 Rio Games and didn't qualify and she won't be… Read more Audio

Joe Biden is back from his first oversea's trip as President, where he met the leaders of the G7, Queen Elizabeth II and had a face to face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin So how did it… Read more Audio

And today we'll find out how the vaccine rollout for the general population in group 4 will work. But what about those mentioned in Ella and Carmina's story.. they're in group 2 and many thousands… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will reveal later today how the Covid-19 vaccine rollout will work for people in group 4 - that's the general population who so far haven't been eligible for the jab. The… Read more Audio

We head back to Europe now - to our correspondent Lucy Hough who has been covering President Biden's European visit - which culminated this morning with talks in Geneva with Russian President Vladimir… Read more Audio

The World Cricket Test Championship final between the mighty Black Caps and India gets underway at the Southampton Rose Bowl from tomorrow. With so many variables and possible outcomes we thought it… Read more Audio

And each Thursday we zoom off to a different part of the country to catch up with our good friends from the Local Democracy Reporting programme. Today we head to Marlborough and LDR's Chloe Ranford… Read more Audio