First Up

Good news in New Zealand's fight against Covid-19. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been deemed safe from use, with Medsafe, announcing it had given it provisional approval. New Zealand's Pzifer… Read more Audio

The government of Myanmar was this week over-thrown by the military, bringing to an end a ten year experiment with democracy. Political leader Aung San Suu Kyi has once again been placed under arrest… Read more Audio

This year we're very lucky to be joined every week by the reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme. The free public-interest news service is dedicated to strengthening coverage of local… Read more Audio

Great news for our cricketers yesterday as they qualified for the World Test Championship final in England later this year. Australia's postponement of their tour of South Africa saw the Black Caps… Read more Audio

Athletics New Zealand is desperately seeking officials for next month's New Zealand Track and Field Championships in Hastings. The flow-on effect from the pandemic has hit the sport hard .. and with… Read more Audio

Residents, businesses and schools from Waikouaiti and Karitane are having to drastically adapt to life without being able to drink water from their taps after concerning levels of lead were detected… Read more Audio

Nathan Rarere talks to our Europe correspondent Catherine Walbridge based in Vienna, Austria about relaxation of rules around their third lockdown. Audio

Infometric's Brad Olsen joined Nathan Rarere to talk about the new statistics on property prices. Audio

Prices on the New Zealand property market are still going up. That's according to Core Logic's January House Price index report which says property values countrywide went up by 2.2 percent in January… Read more Audio

Primary and intermediate school principals have accused the Ministry of Education of a lack of leadership in tackling New Zealand children's declining performance, It's in response to a 'Trends in… Read more Audio

After many new brides told Baillie Buchanan they wished they'd eloped, the Hamilton makeup artist "put her thinking cap on" and came up with a business idea - a 'bespoke elopement' service. Read more Audio

Goat Island locals have been left outraged and bewildered that a group of anglers cast off from the marine reserve's beach and caught one of its large resident snapper. Despite signs everywhere saying… Read more Audio