First Up

Each week we like to introduce to you to one of our many new members of parliament. This week it's the turn of ACT's Karen Chhour - one of nine new MPs brought into the house on ACT leader David… Read more Audio

The criteria for recruiting vaccinators to administer the Covid-19 jab has been expanded to include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dieticians ... even speech language therapists. The… Read more Audio

Once a year there's a window of time when Hops across the country is being harvested and brewers can make a 'fresh hop beer'. Hops are notoriously fickle once they've been picked so there's a real… Read more Video, Audio

What's life like on a cannabis patch? Will eating hemp seeds make you high? To find out, our reporter Tom Kitchin talked to East Coast Cannabis company worker Ben Goodman just out of Ruatoria. Audio

A new show written during lockdown explores familiar relationships, gender norms and intergenerational conflict. Showing for two weeks at the Basement theatre in Auckland's CBD, First World Problems… Read more Audio

We'll begin in Australia, where it's suspected a second person has had an extreme clotting reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Joining Nathan Rarere from her nest high above Brisbane is our… Read more Audio

In the past 48 hours we've learned two MIQ workers who have contracted Covid-19 have not yet been vaccinated. National's Deputy leader Shane Reti told Nathan Rarere that's not good enough. Audio

From midnight Sunday, New Zealanders will be able to go on an overseas holiday for the first time since our borders were closed a year ago. Nathan Rarere spoke with Air New Zealand boss Greg Foran… Read more Audio

We head to Samoa now where the two main political parties remain neck-and-neck after the weekend's election. Provisional results over the weekend had the the incumbent Human Rights Protection Party… Read more Audio

This morning on TradeMe, listings include Joe Moody's 100th Crusaders game jersey and for musician who has everything, a coffin shaped guitar. But first, TradeMe's Ruby Topzand tells producer Jeremy… Read more Audio

New Zealand's top athletes sought psychological support in record numbers last year. One year on, a leading psychologist says athletes and coaches are suffering sleepless nights, trouble making… Read more Audio

In our New Zealand made segment this week, what kind of coffin do you want when you die? Ross Hall makes personalised caskets for everyone's different interests. He spoke to our reporter Ella Stewart… Read more Audio