First Up

The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is in to its second day. We're now joined from his multi-media bunker in his Washington DC garage by our correspondent… Read more Audio

We begin in Australia, where Brisbane is still locked down with at least 15 cases of the UK strain of covid-19 having now been identified. Nathan Rarere caught up from ground zero is our correspondent… Read more Audio

The National Party says that only Immigration New Zealand-approved laboratories should be able to provide pre-departure Covid-19 tests for people travelling from abroad. That was one of many topics… Read more Audio

You may remember 22-year-old Matt Fenn who took on the huge challenge of running 654 kilometres in less than a week for suicide awareness. Only stopping for occasional breaks and power naps, Matt ran… Read more Audio

A cyber security expert says it's concerningly easy to obtain fake Covid-19 test results and vaccine passports on the Dark Web. While there's not evidence that New Zealanders or people heading here… Read more Audio

Brisbane is back in lockdown this morning after 7 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the city. People will only be allowed to leave home to get food, exercise, essential work or to go to the… Read more Audio

This week on TradeMe, a Klassic Kiwi Kauri sculpture - complete with carved dolphin, and a crocheted Wayne and Garth from the 1993 movie Wayne's World. But first, TradeMe's Logan Mudge gives us the… Read more Audio

The government is being questioned over its commitment to safe drinking water. An official information act request shows a working group, that was supposed to be looking at nitrates in water, only met… Read more Audio

The people of Myanmar are reeling from the shock of the weekend's brutal violence carried out by the country's own military, which left over 100 people dead. It's been hard to get up-to-date and… Read more Audio

To the UK now, where Nathan Rarere caught up with our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

A group of residents in New Lynn are fighting back against Auckland Council's potential plans to rezone and sell a reserve in their street to raise revenue. 'Plan change 60' was announced by the… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, has expressed his confidence at establishing a travel bubble with New Zealand by May, but officials here have remained noncommittal. During the… Read more Audio