First Up

Every Thursday we're catching up with the reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme, which is dedicated to covering parts of the country which can get overlooked by the big news outlets… Read more Audio

Golfing legend Tiger Woods is awake and responsive after surgery to his legs following a serious crash in Los Angeles. Nathan Rarere discussed his recovery from San Francisco with sports broadcaster… Read more Audio

From picturesque Vienna, Austria is our correspondent in Europe, Catherine Walbridge who told Nathan Rarere about the popular/unpopular rent freeze which came into force in Berlin a year ago. Audio

Nathan Rarere spoke with National Party's Covid-19 Response spokesperson, Chris Bishop. Audio

There have been some 70,000 tests processed since last Sunday when the first cases from the latest outbreak came to light. One of the testing centres which has surely been one of the busiest in the… Read more Audio

Three people have now tested positive for Covid-19 since Auckland dropped down the alert levels to level one. Last night, the Ministry of Health announced two siblings of the Papatoetoe High School… Read more Audio

RNZ is launching a new show and podcast. It's called Champions of the Pacific and is a weekly sports show exploring the triumphs, struggles and passions of Pasifika athletes. The first episode starts… Read more Audio

It is that time of the week where we have a look into the origin story of a unique New Zealand business and this week we're hearing from Nicole Donald founder of 'sweat sisters and co' They make… Read more Audio

The New Zealander Of The Year Awards are coming up and we've been talking to some of the nominees for the 'Young New Zealander of the year' Sarah Colcord is the founder of 'Chooice' - formerly the NZ… Read more Audio

Joining Nathan Rarere from Australia is our correspondent Pam Corkery who updates us on Facebook and the news and the government. Audio

The Prime Minister announced yesterday that face masks are now mandatory on public transport for the whole country at levels one and two. Bus drivers are being asked to encourage passengers to wear a… Read more Audio

Schools are back for 2021... and parents across the country are counting the cost of new school uniforms, new shoes, stationery and devices. And that's not including the cost of sport, after school… Read more Audio