First Up

The Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the government won't get involved in discussions about US investment company Silver Lake's plans to buy 15 per cent of New Zealand Rugby. The proposed… Read more Audio

So everyone who has planned camping or outdoors activities for the Easter weekend, have doomed it for decent weather. But we secretly are hoping for clear skies so we can look upwards and check out… Read more Audio

New research released this morning has identified those geographic areas most vulnerable during outbreaks of Covid-19. The study, conducted by experts from Universities across the country, mapped… Read more Audio

A Masterton community group has won a reprieve for two pieces of farming equipment that had been set for the scrap heap after being seized by the council in a "dawn raid" because they were deemed a… Read more Audio

Each week we speak with reporters from the Regional Democracy Reporting Programme, who catch us up on stories that might not have featured on the TV news but which are still great yarns. This morning… Read more Audio

This weekend VW owners and fans congregate on the Kapiti Coast for the annual Volkswagen Nationals. They're coming from all around the country to celebrate the classic Beetles, Kombis, Variants and… Read more Audio

To Europe, where countries are looking at all options to bring the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic under control. France is poised to order another lockdown while the east of Austria is going into a hard… Read more Audio

Every Wednesday - give or take - we introduce you to a first term MP, someone new to parliament and this week it's turn of National Party MP for the North Shore electorate Simon Watts. Audio

A real and original artwork by Banksy the secretive British graffiti artist went on sale last night at the international Art Centre in Parnell, The work is called 'Keep it real,' it's 30cm squared and… Read more Audio

A Pike River widow says that she did not sign off on a joint letter released by the family reference group yesterday which accepted the Government's decision to abandon the drift recovery. Family… Read more Audio

Our resident expert on all things kai moana, Foodstuffs seafood operations manager Brett Sellers is here to tell us about what's fresh as we head into autumn. Audio

Each week we have a little look around the New Zealand small business world and this week we're talking to Brooke Hobson from 'Native-Hard Sparkling' They make New Zealand's first 'hard sparkling' -… Read more Audio