First Up for Thursday 7 April 2022

5:50 AM.It was announced yesterday that all Russian imports to New Zealand will be hit with a 35 percent tariff in response to what our government has described as "abhorrent and reprehensible" atrocities… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.The kiwifruit picking season is about to get underway but a lack of backpackers and seasonal workers has some growers worried their crops might end up on the compost heap. At the peak of the season, 3… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.In Gisborne people are just starting to get over the rains and flooding that stormed through the region a week or so ago. Nathan Rarere spoke with our Local Democracy Reporting progamme correspondent… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.An iwi based call centre in Hastings is pumping out the calls to whanau all over the motu to help them manage Covid. Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga is an iwi organisation, providing social and health… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.In Europe France is going to the polls in a presidential election which is looking a lot closer than people were expecting.. Nathan Raree was joined from Europe by our correspondent Anita Purcell… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.To London now, where the world's most famous busker has won a copyright case taken against him.. But first, a controversial increase in the cost of the National Insurance scheme has hit paypackets… Read more Audio