First Up for Thursday 9 February 2023

5:50 AM.Politics now after the new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins laid waste to a slew of major policies yesterday. TVNZ-RNZ merger: Gone Social Insurance: Gone Hate speech reforms: Gone Biofuel mandate: Gone… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.A frontline healthcare worker says she is worried about Middlemore Hospital emergency department's ability to cope during the upcoming flu season. She says staff are heading across the Tasman for… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Rescuers are racing against time to save people underneath the rubble of the earthquake that ripped through parts of Turkey and Syria. At least 11-thousand people are confirmed dead and the toll is… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.One of Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announcements yesterday was an increase of $1.50 to the minimum wage. Currently sitting at $21.20, the minumum wage will be lifted to $22.70 come April. Mr Hipkins… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.To our Pacific neighbour Tonga now where the government is trying to introduce an anti corruption policy that's been on ice for 15 years. To tell us more Nathan Rarere spoke with our correspondent… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.With Nathan Rarere from Sweden is our correspondent in Europe Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio