First Up

Each week we are going to start taking a look at the stories of some of the small businesses around New Zealand, On Monday we spoke to the creator of the NZ made facebook page, Sarah Colcord, the page… Read more Audio

With Auckland, Northland and Hawkes Bay in drought, rainfall is needed - but for much of the country this Autumn has been mostly dry and warm - NIWA's Chris Brandolino joins us now, Audio

The government had no choice but to go into a nationwide lockdown - in fact, the only choice was to either go early or go late - and New Zealand went early, that's according to the Director General of… Read more Audio

While there is that drive to buy local - New Zealand's fashionistas say they aren't sure whether they'll be able to make up lost revenue. Benny Castles from WORLD says the company took a massive… Read more Audio

The Auckland Arts Festival is excited to hear from artists, designers and creative thinkers for its next festival and beyond. It's calling for proposals from established or emerging artists and is… Read more Audio

US Scientists are getting closer to having a viable antibody treatment for Covid-19 - with Distributed Bio today announcing their antibodies have been confirmed to successfully block the virus from… Read more Audio

A digital diary style app to help people record where you've been on any given day will be released by the government tomorrow Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says people can use the app to log their… Read more Audio

Queenstown residents say they're trapped in tenancy agreements they can't escape as rents begin to return to normal. Thousands of jobs have been lost in the resort town with more expected to go after… Read more Audio

We're now officially a country of 5 million. According to Statistics New Zealand, at some point in March our population hit the milestone number - 17 years after we grew to 4 million. So who could the… Read more Audio

All across New Zealand yesterday playgrounds were filled with the sound of school kids as schools fully opened up again for the first time in eight weeks. About 800,000 children were back in the… Read more Video, Audio