First Up

The AIDS Foundation says mental and physical health should be the same for every New Zealander no matter who you love, how you identify or which pronouns you use. The fight for equity and better… Read more Audio

One of New Zealand's most photographed churches is up for sale on Trade Me this week. Located on the Awhitu Peninsula south-west of Auckland, the former Kohekohe Presbyterian Church was built in 1886… Read more Audio

Yesterday marked the start of Matariki-Maori New Year. Matariki is the name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. When it rises in the north-eastern skies in late May or early June, it… Read more Audio

Indira talks with our UK correspondent Henry Riley about new research from London suggesting immunity to Covid-19 might only last a few months and the current situation with wearing masks. Audio

From Mystery Creek to the global stage. Covid-19 stopped Fieldays from physically taking place last month - so event organisers decided to make history by taking the Southern Hemisphere's largest… Read more Audio

Pressure is growing on the Rotorua Stockcar Club to drop the Confederate Flag as one of its symbol. An on-line petition against the club using the flag now has more than 1000 signatures. Wellington… Read more Audio

A small group of Hawke's Bay farmers are putting pressure on the local councils to ensure urban development doesn't destroy valuable crop lands. Richard Gaddum, who has a cattle farm in Havelock… Read more Audio

Our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth updates us on the good buys on the produce markets. Audio

In India the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 is growing on average by 25,000 a day. India last week passed Russia to now sit third on the list of countries behind only the US and Brazil. But… Read more Audio

Ralph Bradley was a 10 year-old in Golden Bay when he went outside in the early hours of a morning with his father, and saw his first Aurora. He's been hooked on the night-sky ever since. Ralph is the… Read more Audio

A new genetic study suggests that Polynesians made an epic voyage to South America 800 years ago. Scientists examined the DNA from 807 people from 14 Polynesian islands and Pacific coastal native… Read more Audio

The idea someone could not know the rules in a government managed isolation facility has been described as laughable by a recent returnee. This comes after a 32-year-old man left his isolation hotel… Read more Audio