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The number of sharks and rays worldwide has fallen by 71 per cent in the last 50 years and according to Australian and international research more than three-quarters of species are now threatened… Read more Audio

This week on First Up, we have been bringing you a mini-series of interviews where Nathan Rarere posed the same four questions to three everyday Americans about their reflections of life over the… Read more Audio

To Europe now, where a row is escalating over the supply of COVID vaccines.. EU authorities are urging pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to publish details of the contract they signed for Covid… Read more Audio

Well the discovery of the South African variant certainly gave people in Northland a big scare, just when the region was bouncing back from the initial economic hit from Covid. Joining us now is… Read more Audio

Scientists have discovered people who've had Covid-19 aren't always protected from the new South African variant of the virus. The South African strain, called 501Y.V2, was detected in Northland over… Read more Audio

Christchurch recorded it's hottest temperature on record yesterday, with the mercury reaching 36.7 degrees. The 1979 Christchurch record of 35.9 was also exceeded elsewhere in the region, with one… Read more Audio

We're up ridiculously early here at First Up and we always like finding out who is awake and about at the same time. At Auckland bakery Daily Bread the bakers arrive at work at 2am to start baking as… Read more Video, Audio

This week on First Up, we are bringing you a mini-series of interviews where we pose the same four questions to three everyday Americans about their reflections of life over the final month of the… Read more Audio

Across the Tasman now where thousand of blokes and sheilas defied Covid health concerns to march against the celebration of the country's national day. Australia day commemorates the day in 1788 when… Read more Audio

Christchurch is set to get to 36 degrees today and with two fires breaking out yesterday afternoon - crews are on high alert. Two helicopters and six fire crews fought a blaze on Balmoral Hill in… Read more Audio

We take our monthly trip into space right now as we head to London to catch up with the founder of the Open Space Agency, former fastest kid in gumboots at school in Eastbourne, Wellington, James Parr… Read more Audio