First Up for Friday 13 March 2020

12:00 PM.NZ Festival of the Arts this year is offering a programme of touch tours, audio described performances and events for deaf and hard of hearing audiences in a push to make the Arts more accessible for… Read more Video

5:52 AM.A survivor of the March 15 terror attacks says when he migrated to New Zealand from Morocco 16 years ago, he felt like he was in the safest country in the world. As the one year anniversary of the… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.One way to stop the spread of the coronavirus is to wash our hands reguarly and not touch your face. But that is often easier said than done. Read more Video, Audio

5:37 AM.Today, we continue sharing stories from RNZ's This Is Us series, which is showcasing the diversity of Muslim New Zealanders following the events of March 15th last year. Syrian and Iraqi lawyer… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time now to join our Minister of all things fruity, Glenn Forsyth Audio

5:12 AM.The annual 3-day international festival celebrating world music, art and dance WOMAD is taking over New Plymouth this weekend. Nick Bollinger, critic and commentator from the Music 101 team will be… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.For more news from Europe, lets go to Austria where the first Coronavirus-related death has just been recorded. Indira was joined by correspondent Catherine Walbridge. Audio