First Up for Thursday 29 September 2022

5:47 AM.Air New Zealand's fledgling New York route has hit multiple speed bumps since its launch with both passengers and bags offloaded from different flights amid warnings strong headwinds could force the… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Six months ago the New Zealand dollar was worth 68.9 .9 US cents.. This morning as you've just heard, it's sitting at 57.1 So what are the implications, particularly on interest rates? Here's Deputy… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time to catch up with news from regional New Zealand and this morning we're in Whanganui with the marvellous Moana Ellis from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme. Moana's been looking at how the… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.And joining Nathan Rarere is our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund from Sweden. Audio

5:05 AM.Lots going on in the UK, the man to cover it for us is Henry Riley who Nathan Rarere caught up just before we came to air before he just about to catch the train home to London. Audio