First Up

Let's cross now to the USA where presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden is expected to pick his running mate sometime within the next 24 hours. Traditionally, vice-presidential… Read more Audio

A warning there could be an exodus of Cook Islanders to New Zealand if a clearer timeframe for a travel bubble isn't announced soon. Liana Scott, who manages the Muri Beach Club Hotel in Rarotonga and… Read more Audio

A Cook Islands travel bubble could be on the cards before the end of the year - but the government's only looking at quarantine free travel there and the other realm countries - Tokelau and Niue. That… Read more Audio

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, business is booming for an Auckland divorce coach. Kimberlee Sweeney, who has been in the job for five years, says couples are untying the knot in numbers she's… Read more Audio

A set of swings stolen from a Taumarunui park were found when police executed search warrants in the area, that also uncovered firearms, drugs and cash. The Cherry Grove Park swings went missing… Read more Audio

A sketch by Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern has reached a record price on TradeMe this week, and if you missed out on that - perhaps a personally autographed cardboard cut-out of Ashley Bloomfield will… Read more Audio

We go to London for the latest in the UK. Indira speaks with our correspondent Henry Riley about the rise in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel from France and race issues and police… Read more Audio

As election season enters full swing, it seems the doors to parliament could be swinging shut on New Zealand First. With the party sitting at just 2 percent in the most recent polls, a win for Shane… Read more Audio

New Zealand's presence in Antarctica this summer will be around a quarter of the size it usually is due to Covid-19. It doesn't mean science projects will stop, but they'll be more concentrated and… Read more Audio

Sports broadcaster Nathan Rarere was in Christchurch over the weekend for the Crusaders game yesterday and he also talks about Lydia Ko's golfing comeback, and the Warriors picking a new coach. Audio

For a look at the week's fresh produce news is our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth who has visited Moore Wilsons in Wellington and found Buddha's Hands and purple broccoli. Audio

'The most damning report of all I have read' - that's the reaction of one Maori leader to the latest Oranga Tamariki report by the Chief Ombudsman. He Take Kohukihuki, A Matter of Urgency, found… Read more Audio