First Up for Thursday 29 February 2024

5:52 AM.Time now for our weekly catch up with the deputy leader of the Opposition, Carmel Sepuloni. Audio

5:47 AM.There's been a lot of troubling news for New Zealand's media in recent years. But yesterday there was the shock announcement that Newshub is to close all its newsroom operations in New Zealand from… Read more Audio

5:39 AM.Our next guest was born in 1940 at the start of the Second World War.

And while Kelvin Munro's mates aged normally, celebrating their days of birth in regular order, that's the traditional "one for… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Time now to head to the regions and today it's the turn of RNZ's Jimmy Ellingham (and occasional First Up host) from Palmerston North. Audio

5:18 AM.Our South Asia correspondent is Anas Mallick and he joins us this morning from Pakistan. Audio

5:12 AM.With Nathan Rarera from Europe is our Sweden-based correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's kick Thursday off in the UK - our correspondent in London is Henry Riley. Audio