First Up

We're off to the cold, hard floor of the winter produce markets now with our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the week - Australian Navel Oranges. Audio

Who doesn't love a Lemur? Nobody, that's who! Harmony Neale is the Primate Team leader at Wellington Zoo - and recently the zoo welcomed a group of ring-tailed lemurs Nathan Rarere asked Harmony where… Read more Audio

We begin with a sobering warning for New Zealand Covid-19 cases are climbing in Taiwan after an outbreak was discovered there in mid-May. For the past 18 months Taiwan had kept Covid-19 at bay with… Read more Audio

The government is giving 200 dairy workers and 50 veterinarians permission to enter New Zealand. The Agriculture Minister, Damien O'Connor, made the announcement this morning due to pressures on the… Read more Audio

The Deputy Prime Minister says it's an unfortunate truth that our nurses can earn more money in Australia, as they demand better pay and conditions. Nathan Rarere spoke with Grant Robertson about the… Read more Audio

Every Thursday we're catching up with the reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme, which is dedicated to covering parts of the country which can get overlooked by the big news outlets… Read more Audio

An Auckland GP is concerned that the public is not taking covid-19 seriously enough. It's been more than 100 days since New Zealand's last community case of covid-19 and South Auckland doctor Sapna… Read more Audio

Around 30,000 nurses across the country downed tools yesterday, in protest against pay and working conditions. The action comes after failed negotiations in which nurses voted on Monday to go ahead… Read more Audio

We're not the only ones heading to the UK, President Joe Biden arrives later today for his first G7 meeting, his first overseas trip since becoming President in January. From London, Nathan Rarere… Read more Audio

Around 30-thousand of the country's nurses will take part in an eight hour strike today to demand better pay and conditions at work. Nurses will picket outside hospitals around the country from 11am… Read more Audio

Over-crowded, soiled carpets, inadequate toilet facilities and patients subject to potentially degrading behaviour. That's how Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier described the Te Whare Ahuru 'acute care'… Read more Audio