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First Up for Tuesday 27 February 2024
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Pie, coffee is breakfast of champions for Lewis Clareburt
5:52 AM.From the Parliament to the Pool now! Last week Lewis Clareburt won the 400 metre individual medley gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Doha. It was New Zealand's second gold of the event… Read more Audio
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Willis: private investment will help transport projects
5:45 AM.To politics now and the Education Minister claims the school property system is bordering on a crisis. The Government's launched a review into school property, pausing and reassessing hundreds of… Read more Audio
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Facebook scammers take advantage of Fa'anana Efeso Collins’ funeral
5:36 AM.Last week, there was the tragic news that Green MP and South Auckland leader Fa'anana Efeso Collins had died suddenly, aged 49. Now, as the community prepares to say farewell, profiles have been… Read more Audio
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Signs to watch for when dogs around children
5:25 AM.To Australia, where an inquest has been launched after seven fatal dog attacks. In one of the cases, a five-week old baby died after being mauled by the family dog. In New Zealand last year, a dog was… Read more Audio
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US Sec of State visits Argentina as part of Brazil G20 meeting
5:16 AM.To South America now, Kate Pereyra-Garcia is with us from Argentina. Audio
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Thousands of Korean doctors strike due to working conditions
5:11 AM.To Asia now where there's trouble at South Korea's public hospitals, with thousands of doctors walking off the job over working conditions. Our correspondent Chris Gilbert tells me it's putting a… Read more Audio
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UK: Tory MP refuses to apologise to London mayor
5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK, joining us from London is Henry Riley. Audio