First Up

Nearly a year after Auckland's convention centre went up in flames and brought the city centre to a standstill, a report has raised concerns about the length of the shifts some firefighters put in… Read more Audio

Do you fancy a trip to the theatre to celebrate Auckland's move down to Alert level 1? The Prayas Theatre Company has brought together a large cast and crew to present 'Yatra' at TAPAC in Auckland… Read more Audio

Auckland is joining the rest of the country at Alert Level 1 tomorrow night, two months after the coronavirus re-emerged in the community. There were 179 cases attached to the cluster, and three… Read more Audio

We return now to Lake Ohau Village in the Mackenzie Basin where many residents' homes were destroyed in Sunday's wildfire. Many spoke about the wilding pines, also known as wilding conifers, which… Read more Audio

A steady stream of potential buyers -- along with the merely curious -- have taken advantage of the first advertised open homes at the 23 million dollar Kiwibuild project in the New Plymouth suburb of… Read more Audio

Keen sailors and interested amateurs can now have access to the same technology that World Champion 49er team Blair Tuke and Peter Burling use with a new app that can create races and access live… Read more Audio

This week on TradeMe, a house fit for a - well perhaps not a king, but maybe a new MP looking for post-election digs in Wellington, if they can afford the nearly eight million dollar price tag that… Read more Audio

We head now to the UK where an investigation is under way after nearly 16,000 coronavirus cases went unreported in England, delaying contact tracing efforts. Our correspondent Henry Riley has more on… Read more Audio

The Waitaki District Mayor Gary Kircher joins Indira to update us on the latest information on the fire at Lake Ohau Village. Audio

Dozens of homes have been destroyed by a savage wildfire in the Mackenzie Basin which forced residents to flee for their lives early yesterday morning. At least 20 houses in Lake Ohau Village have… Read more Audio

To the US now where doctors have just updated the nation on the condition of President Donald Trump, He remains at the Walter Reed medical centre and is reported to be experiencing only mild symptoms… Read more Audio