First Up for Thursday 6 May 2021
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Another 50,000 Sth Aucklanders eligible for vaccinations
5:49 AM.Earlier in the programme Heath Mills from the Cricket Players Association told us players and staff from four Covid-infected IPL franchises were hoping to leave India within the next 24 hours. Deputy… Read more Audio
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Cricket Players Association hope NZ players in IPL leave India
5:49 AM.The Cricket Players Association hopes some of the New Zealand cricketers in Covid-19 ravaged India will be able to get out of the country on a charter flight within the next 24 hours. There are New… Read more Audio
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Farmstead Cheese awarded Champions of Cheese in Hamilton
5:42 AM.Plato once said "cheese is the greatest thing on the planet", and if he didn't he should have So to be crowned Champion Cheesemakers after only three years in the business is quite a phenomenal… Read more Audio
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LDR Northland: salvaged schooner returns to Mangawhai
5:34 AM.It's the time of the week when we catch up with our friends from the Local Democracy Reporting programme, who've been breaking stories up and down the country. Not least of them is LDR Northland… Read more Audio
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Local search & rescue volunteer thrilled 3yo Axel found alive
5:15 AM.A three year old boy who went missing was found alive just 3.5 kilometres away from his family home in Tologa Bay yesterday morning. Hundred of locals searched through the night and at 10.45am Axel… Read more Audio
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South Australia RSPCA chasing puppy farmer now in NZ
5:10 AM.South Australia's RSPCA is working the SPCA here to track down a prolific puppy farmer who fled here late last year to avoid a court appearance. Animal breeder Dora Ryan was found guilty of 33 charges… Read more Audio
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France threatens to cut electricity supply to Jersey
5:06 AM.We start in Europe this morning where France is threatening to cut off electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands over a fishing dispute. And while that diplomatic row is escalating, another on the… Read more Audio
