First Up for Thursday 31 October 2019

5:53 AM.To the UK now, where a report into the Grenfell Tower fire says fewer people would have died if the tower block had been evacuated sooner. 72 people died in the blaze at the west London tower block on… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Now a community of Rockhopper fans have banded together to push for the Rockhopper penguin to win this year's Bird of the year crown. Rockhoppers are known as 'climate change canaries' because their… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.The Opposition has reignited the debate over "no jab, no pay" - with National's leader Simon Bridges throwing his support behind such a policy. The party yesterday issued a discussion document on… Read more Audio

5:40 AM.And now to business, where each day one of our team looks at a current issue .. and today it seems we've had it all wrong about the number of people settling here. Here's business editor, Gyles… Read more Audio

5:28 AM.There is still a month to go before summer, but the Christchurch City Council is already planning to introduce water restrictions - and there is no end in sight for chlorination. Water is a… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.A Christchurch woman who believes the Gumboot Fund saved her son's life is pleading for the government to prop it up. Read more Audio

5:10 AM.We go to California for the 3rd day in a row where hurricane force winds are fanning the flames of now three huge wildfires across Southern California. The Kincade Fire, has scorched more than 76,000… Read more Audio