First Up for Tuesday 18 June 2024

5:52 AM.More reports of severe turbulance from the weekend - Air New Zealand's Chief Flight Operations and Safety Officer Captain David Morgan tells us how pilots deal with it. Audio

5:45 AM.Every week we catch up with Finance Minister Nicola Willis - this week she ran us through the importance of Prime Minister Chris Luxon's trade mission to Japan Audio

5:36 AM.DoC Ranger Dave Rogers has been working at Te Papa Kura o Taranaki for 49 years, back then it was called the Egmont National Park! Audio

5:25 AM.Rotorua's to get a new multisport skatepark - Local Democracy reporter Laura Smith has the news from Geyser-town Audio

5:17 AM.Protests and inflation are leading the news out of Latin America - Kate Pereya-Garcia joins First Up from Argentina Audio

5:11 AM.Fresh from his visit to Aotearoa, Chinese Premier Li meets Aussie PM Albanese - Pam Corkery has the news out of Brisban''e' Audio

5:06 AM.Political polls are showing the UK's Conservatives are heading for a huge defeat in the upcoming election - Henry Riley takes us through the numbers Audio