First Up

Former All Black captain Tana Umaga has lent his support to current coach Ian Foster. Foster has only been in charge of the All Blacks for 5 matches, but with a record of two wins, two losses and a… Read more Audio

Each week we're talking to a small business owner around New Zealand - this week we've been talking to Hollie Ryan who runs Hark handmade. She makes Polymer clay earrings and other types of jewellery… Read more Audio

Nathan Rarere speaks with our Europe correspondent Catherine Walbridge about Europe gearing up for its first coronavirus Christmas, the scaling back in some countries of the famous Christmas markets… Read more Audio

The Government is calling on the Reserve Bank to step up and help cool the piping-hot housing market as it tries to push prices down. Many commentators had predicted house prices would plummet as a… Read more Audio

Coromandel locals and holiday makers alike are getting fed up with number of times their car windscreens are being smashed by pebbles and stones that are flicked up from loose road surfaces. One… Read more Audio

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the first flight of an iconic Second World War aircraft.. The very first de Havilland Mosquito took to the air on this day in 1940. And thanks to a farmer from… Read more Audio

Joining us now is our expert on all things in the world of Kai Moana, Foodstuffs seafood operations manager Brett Sellers talks about Christmas prep, scampi and smoked salmon. Audio

Former All Black captain Tana Umaga will coach the Moana Pasifika rugby team in next month's one off game against the Maori All Blacks in Hamilton. He hopes the team will signal the start of a new era… Read more Audio

We're all up very early in the morning, and we wanted to find out who else is up with us at 5am and what are they doing? Last week producer Ellie Jay and cameraman Dan Cook went to Leigh, about an… Read more Video, Audio

Cash-strapped Auckland Council is preparing to unveil its draft 10-year budget as the fiscal hole caused by Covid-19 threatens to exceed a billion dollars within a few years. The council lost much of… Read more Audio

If Mad Max was a kid, he'd be lining up for one of TradeMe's auctions this week. Dubbed the "Doom Trike", it's a classic Kiwi plastic trike, pimped for the apocalypse. But first, TradeMe's Logan Mudge… Read more Audio