First Up

When oil company Tamarind Taranaki abruptly abandoned the Tui oil field in December, it left taxpayers facing a bill of at least 155 million dollars to plug the undersea wells. Now a whistleblower… Read more Audio

A covid-tracer alert was sent over the weekend after an infectious person attended a fitness class at a gym on the North Shore. It comes just hours before Cabinet meets to decide whether or not to… Read more Audio

On this day in 1972, 30-thousand signatures were delivered to Parliament by the group Nga Tamatoa calling for te reo Maori to be taught in schools. It was a defining moment for Aotearoa and it sparked… Read more Audio

Hoot, hoot - this story is cute. Over the weekend, First Up visited a baby barn owl who was born about a month ago. The nameless bird is being hand-reared by Noel Hyde at Rotorua's Wingspan National… Read more Video, Audio

Joining Indira from the produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth: telegraph cumumbers are good buys with plenty around, pickers are needed for the upcoming kiwifruit and apple… Read more Audio

Let's go to the west coast of the US now where half million people have been forced to flee from their homes due to wild fires in the state of Oregon. Massive fires have swept through parts of Oregon… Read more Audio