First Up

It's Melanoma Awareness Week and as we head into summer Melanoma NZ is urging people to get skin checks.. which could save their life. New Zealand has the worst rate of melanoma in the world, with… Read more Audio

New Zealand now holds the title of the most rainbow Parliament in the world. Eleven LGBTQ people won seats in the weekend's election - that's 9.16 percent of the 120 MPs. The United Kingdom - the… Read more Audio

New data detailing the occupations of returning New Zealanders shows teachers are leading the country's brain gain. Airport arrival card information shows teachers top the list of 115 occupations… Read more Audio

New Zealand professional golfer Ryan Fox admits being in quarantine sucks, however not swinging a club for at least three weeks won't be a problem for him. Fox is halfway through his isolation period… Read more Audio

This week on TradeMe, your chance to live as close to Wellington Airport as humanly possible - the old control tower has been re-zoned residential and is up for sale. But first, TradeMe's Logan Mudge… Read more Audio

To the UK now where Anna Thomas is joined by our correspondent Henry Riley, where he gives us the latest figures on the pandemic and the "firebreak" lockdown in Wales. Audio

Nelson has elected its first new MP in a quarter of a century... and also the first female consituency MP. In one of numerous election upsets on Saturday night, National Party stalwart Nick Smith lost… Read more Audio

Among the excitement of the election, we did have some news which sobered everyone up a little yesterday. A new case of Covid-19 was detected in the community. The director general of health Dr Ashley… Read more Audio

Saturday's election saw a big jump in the number of Maori MPs who will enter Parliament this term. And in the Waiariki electorate, Rawiri Waititi looks on track to secure the seat for the Maori Party… Read more Audio

Let's recap the extraordinary results from Saturday's election now ... Labour won an incredible 64 seats to National's 35, while Act and the Greens return to Parliament with 10 seats each. Early voter… Read more Audio

Glenn Forsyth joins us from the fresh produce markets discussing election themed colours beginning with red, then greens, then blue and no more imports of Tongan watermelon for the moment. Audio

Former ACT leader John Banks is heaping praise on David Seymour and the success of the ACT Party after Saturday's general election. The Labour Party won the election in a landslide - winning a… Read more Audio