First Up

A woman involved in hiring the chief executive of the United Fire Brigades' Association says she tried to raise concerns about him and was brushed off. Bill Butzbach was stood down last week pending… Read more Audio

Auckland secondary principals are relieved their students will get a further boost to their NCEA scores after the latest lockdown. Bonus credits were announced for all NCEA students after the first… Read more Audio

We have our minister for Fruit and Veggies and now we are going to start taking a monthly look at Kai Moana. Keen fisherman Brett Sellers is Foodstuffs seafood operations manager and has been a… Read more Audio

The son of a soldier in the Maori Battalion says he was blown away to learn his father never received his war medals. A list of 134 soldiers from the Battalion's C company has been published online… Read more Audio

To the US where they are exactly 8 weeks out from their presidential election and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden is still ahead in many polls - but - as Donald Trump proved in 2016, that… Read more Audio

The Labour Party has promised to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022 if re-elected - in what would be the first new public holiday in nearly 50 years. Earlier this year nearly 35 thousand people… Read more Audio

One of Kiwibank's Local Hero medal recipients has now been dropped as a client, and Kiwibank are closing her bank accounts. Long-time cannabis campaigner Rose Renton, who makes and sells medicinal… Read more Audio

Border closures, physical distancing and number restrictions are putting a stop to concerts this year, leaving many fans disappointed. Ticketmaster's website is full of postponed, rescheduled and… Read more Audio

The Attorney-General has pointed out numerous breaches of the Bill of Rights in the Government's new drug driving legislation. The law allows the police to conduct random roadside drug testing similar… Read more Audio

If you're on the look out for a gorgeous high spec car with only a few k's on the clock, a new place in Morrinsville with an interesting history or a replacement bed for that digger-obsessed child in… Read more Audio

Our UK correspondent Henry Riley talks with Indira about the surge in covid cases there with Health Secretary Matt Hancock laying some of the blame on affluent young people. Audio