First Up

75 years ago today the US ended the world war in the Pacific by dropping the first atomic bomb over the Japanese city Hiroshima. Taeko Yoshioka Braid was just 13 years old and at high school just out… Read more Audio

With international tourism still on hold due to Covid-19, Kiwis are exploring their own backyard. But is our biggest city being overlooked as people opt for getaways out of town? Louise Ternouth… Read more Audio

An entrepreneur behind a plan to run private-sector managed isolation hotels hopes to attract experts to help re-build the economy. Nicola Alpe and her husband Chris - who heads Jucy Rentals -… Read more Audio

Doctors are pleading with the Ministry of Health not to further delay a cervical cancer self-screening test they say will save lives. The test for the virus which causes the cancer, is much less… Read more Audio

It's hoped MPs will be exposed to some of the real dental needs that exist in New Zealand, by attending a mobile clinic running on Parliament's forecourt this morning. The Dental Association will be… Read more Audio

Rescue workers in Lebanon's capital Beirut are searching for dozens of people missing after the huge explosion which rocked the port area of the Lebanese capital yesterday. The blast, which shook the… Read more Audio

The same man who went looking for the Loch Ness monster has now led a study that reveals the inner fabric of New Zealand's most famous Jurassic survivor - the tuatara. Two years ago, Neil Gemmell from… Read more Audio

We cross to Australia where Queensland will close its border to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory from Saturday as Covid-19 heads north. Indira got the latest numbers from our… Read more Audio

Pasifika and Asian creatives are calling on NZ On Air to renew their funding round for its Pasifika and Asian Storytellers initiative. The initiative was part of a one-off extra allocation to NZ On… Read more Audio

Tauranga City Councillors are adamant people can still trust them, despite recently released communications alleging bullying and toxicity. In one text message, Mayor Tenby Powell accuses Councillor… Read more Audio

A newlywed couple are pleading for a Pacific bubble after being separated for seven months. Sabeel Khan is a New Zealand citizen but his wife is a Fijian citizen, making it difficult to be together… Read more Audio

Peter Meihana knows what it is to be marginalised as Maori in a pakeha world, and then as pakeha in a Maori world. The Marlborough-born lecturer in Maori history at Massey University has straddled the… Read more Audio