First Up for Thursday 13 August 2020

5:51 AM.Auckland is waking up to the first full day at Alert Level 3, it came into place at midday yesterday and from early morning people were lining up at Covid-19 testing stations and heading to the… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The chance of a Cook Islands travel bubble before the end of the year is now looking less likely - after community transmission of covid-19 was discovered in Auckland. It comes just days after talk we… Read more Audio

5:41 AM.The family tested positive for covid-19 are feeling embarassed and a sense of guilt despite doing everything right. That's from Manukau ward Councillor Efeso Collins - who's been in touch with others… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.A south Auckland clinic has also been closed due to a covid positive case - believed to be one of the 4 already confirmed cases announced on Tuesday. The Ministry of Health announced one of the four… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.Auckland school principals are worried the three-day shutdown of the city's schools will be extended. The move to level three has sent about 250-thousand children home. Steve Hargreaves from the… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Horticulture New Zealand is frustrated independent greengrocers in Auckland are being forced to close under the level three lockdown. The industry fought hard last lockdown to try to get Government… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.The announcement that Auckland has community transmission of Covid has sent our largest city and the country's rest homes back into lockdown, prompted queues outside supermarkets and warnings the… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.To Australia now, where Victoria recorded 21 deaths yesterday in Australia's deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic. Another 410 cases were confirmed - many of the cases linked to aged care… Read more Audio