First Up

Let's go to business now where every morning we answer one of your questions. Just how indebted are New Zealanders and should we be worried about it? Here with the answer is our business reporter, Kim… Read more Audio

We head to the Pacific for the latest news around the region from our Pacific neighbours. This morning I'm joined by RNZ-Pacific reporter Tim Glasgow. Audio

A white-capped albatross found caught in seaweed and being battered by waves on a Timaru beach is recovering in Dunedin after multiple people stepped up to help it. Deb Hale found the bird on Sunday… Read more Video, Audio

In the pledge to rid the country of single use plastic bags supermarkets warned and then removed plastic bags from checkouts. This forced customers to bring in their own bags. And just a month or so… Read more Video, Audio

Staying with weather, strong winds in Auckland overnight have blown a container off a stack on Auckland's Jellicoe Wharf, hitting the side of a car, and trapping a person inside. It took around a half… Read more Audio

Avoid showers and baths, don't worry about the washing up and ignore the landline if it rings during a thunderstorm. That's according to NIWA's principal scientist, Chris Brandalino. Much of the North… Read more Audio

Wellington's sushi-loving penguins have returned - this time found waddling near a burger joint. A few weeks ago we told you about the two little blues who tried to nest underneath a sushi stand near… Read more Audio

How did Fonterra find itself mired deep in debt with a looming loss of 600 million dollars. Audio

A trio of young entrepreneurs are hoping to switch New Zealand's cafes from milk in plastic bottles, to milk in kegs. The venture, called Spout Alternatives, has finished successful trials in Dunedin… Read more Audio

We cross to Hong Kong, where bloody street battles have seen dozens injured in the tenth straight week of anti-government demonstrations. Thousands of pro-democracy protesters occupying Hong Kong… Read more Audio

A same-sex couple wanting to have their first child want to see IVF treatment publicly funded for couples in their situation. Ryan and Jerome Curran-Pacquing have launched a give a little page to… Read more Audio

Well across the Tasman, there's renewed hope of the Wallabies winning the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in 17 years. Former Wallaby and Sydney Morning Herald columnist Peter Fitzsimons was still… Read more Audio