First Up for Tuesday 18 July 2023

5:49 AM.Election campaign season is upon us, and more policies are being announced each day... There've been two big ones from National this week - they want to make it so that young renters can take money… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Pineapple lumps, hokey Pokey ice cream and pavlova will forever be linked to New Zealand. But Feta cheese is a name we can no longer use... thanks to the new trade deal with the European Union On the… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Palmerston North has said a warm 'hola!' to the Spanish women's football team, which is basing itself in the Manawatu city for the World Cup. Last night about 3-hundred football fans got an up-close… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time now for our local democracy reporting part of the programme. And this morning it's the turn of Brendon McMahon from Greymouth. Audio

5:16 AM.Time now to talk Japan with our correspondent Chris Gilbert. Audio

5:05 AM.We begin Tuesday's programme in the United Kingdom, joining us from London is correspondent Henry Riley. Audio