First Up for Thursday 20 February 2020

5:50 AM.Yes, we're speaking to another of our countries local leaders - this week we head to the Canterbury district of Waimakariri - where Dan Gordon was elected mayor last year. I began by asking him what… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.An American doctor whose parents have been on board the Diamond Princess says the quarantine didn't work and worries passengers are walking into the world carrying coronavirus. He now fears it could… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The Education Ministry says it's increasingly struggling to persuade schools to enrol violent children who have been excluded from other schools. It recently told MPs that it is becoming a challenge… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.The owners of disputed land at Ihumatao say for seven months they've halted development at the request of the Prime Minister, but that can't continue indefinitely. Fletcher Building owns the land in… Read more Audio

5:27 AM.Madison Reidy gives us an update on the business news. The New Zealand dollar will buy you 63.81 US cents 95.57 Australian cents 49.26 Pence 70.76 Japanese yen 59.16 Euros 4.47 Yuan Audio

5:23 AM.The Wuhan evacuees who've spent the last two weeks in Whangaparaoa navy base have just spent their first night in their own bed in weeks. All but two of the 157 people that stayed in quarantine at the… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Ellie Jay tells us what's currently trending on social media. Audio

5:05 AM.We cross the ditch to our correspondent in Australia Pam Corkery to look at what's happening currently over there. Audio