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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… Audio

The Finance Minister says the situation around the  New Zealand dollar remains volatile, with much of the impact stemming back to the strength of the US dollar. 

The Kiwi took further hits overnight… Audio

Time to hear from Grant Robertson, who with Jacinda Ardern at the UN General Assembly in New York, is the Acting Prime Minister. We began with an issue that's seen the government under fire from… Audio

The Government's backdown on charging 15 percent GST on KiwiSaver fees comes after a chorus of opposition to the move.

It would have netted it millions of dollars a year in extra revenue, but angered… Audio

The government's taken an embarassing u-turn on the plans to charge GST on the fees on your KiwiSaver with Revenue Minister David Parker abandoning the idea less than 24 hours after first announcing… Audio

The government says New Zealand's supermarket duopoly has a year to start cooperating with their rivals or it will force them to. It was announced yesterday that Foodstuffs and Woolworths basicially… Audio

The Palmy Drag Fest is fast approaching. Not the normal hoons in Toyotas along Fitzherbert Ave that we know and love, its a show at the Regent Theatre in Palmerston North with Drag Queens and Kings… Audio

Well it's been a tough week in politics for the governing Labour Party with Hamilton West MP Gaurav Sharma suspended for publicly accusing colleagues bullying ... something that's been stringently… Audio

This week Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson gives us his take on the Labour's dropping popularity, the Sam Uffindell fiasco and the All Blacks. The Kantar One News poll came out showing Labour and… Audio

History-making cyclist Aaron Gate, who's coming home with four gold medals, will be carrying the New Zealand flag.

New Zealand will be taking home 20 gold medals from the games.

Minister for Sport… Audio

As you know, here at First Up we spare no expense to bring you the finest coverage of events not only in Aotearoa but around the world. So we've hired one Grant Robertson to be our correspondent from… Audio

A review into the hiring of TVNZ presenter Kamahl Santamaria has found a number of flaws in the recruitment process. The former Al Jazeera presenter lasted just 32 days in the job and left under a… Audio

Every week we catch up with the Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. Nathan Rarere started by asking him whether it's time to introduce stricter rules around mask wearing, given so many… Audio

Opposition parties are calling on the government to take some responsibility for the record high inflation which is stretching some household budgets to breaking point.

National and ACT both say the… Audio

With 10-thousand new cases reported yesterday it's appears that we're at the start of another wave of Covid-19. It's being driven by new sub-variants of Omicron and especially the highly transmissible… Audio

MPs talk about money a lot. The rest of us often blank out the financials as 'just math'. Annoyingly the money is important so The House tries to explain all that dry 'Appropriations' money talk. Audio

The government unveiled its plan for Wellington's transport infrastructure yesterday but the business case won't even be completed until 2024 and construction won't begin until 2028. Labour might not… Audio