First Up for Monday 24 August 2020

5:52 AM.Nour Travis was a victim of the Al Noor Mosque attack in Christchurch on March 15th last year. The 49-year-old father of two managed to escape when the first shooting took place but his two best… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque gunman begins today at the Christchurch High Court. The hearing is to be held over the next four days. The gunman is being sentenced on 51 counts of murder… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Gold fossickers are dusting off pans and rummaging through garages for shovels, as prices for the precious metal reach fever pitch. Greymouth-born Jade Wright is part of several online fossickers'… Read more Audio

5:27 AM.Greengrocers and independent retailers are still calling on the Government to let them open under the Alert Level 3 restrictions saying they are well equipped to operate safely, Mike Chapman, CEO of… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Joining Indira for a look at the Monday markets is our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth. Capsicums, broccoli and avocado all good buys this week. Audio

5:11 AM.The Central Pulse have gone back-to-back in the ANZ Premiership, giving their departing coach Yvette McCausland-Durie the perfect send off. After a long season disrupted by Covid-19, the Pulse… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.The message from local tourism operators ahead of the next school holidays is 'Book early and keep supporting the local industry." School holidays start in just over a month on September the 26th. But… Read more Audio