First Up

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

Nathan Rarere speaks with our correspondent Henry Riley in London about a new 'covid winter plan' just announced by Boris Johnson and a mass testing regime is to be rolled out across the country. Audio

The National Party did some serious soul searching at its AGM over the weekend, reflecting on its disastrous election result and considering how to give itself a fighting chance come 2023. Former… Read more Audio

Pets are often the forgotten victims of Family Violence, and are targetted by abusive partners as a method of control and manipulation. They can also prevent victims from leaving harmful relationships… Read more Audio

Seven-and-a-half thousand teenagers left school without a qualification last year. The figure represents 12 percent of 2019's school leavers, that's one percentage point up from the previous year. In… Read more Audio

To the fresh produce markets now, we're joined by our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth - highlighting King Sweetie capsicums and what's in season in the lead up to Christmas. Audio

Let's begin in the United States where there's been more bad news for Donald Trump over the weekend - a judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed yet another law suit aimed at up-ending the election. The… Read more Audio

As spring welcomes summer an unwelcome season tags along. It's hayfever season. And Kiwis could have a pollen bomb on their hands this summer as its set to be extra dry and hot. Louise Ternouth… Read more Audio