First Up for Monday 5 July 2021

5:52 AM.The pause on trans-Tasman travel has been lifted for four Australian states overnight despite parts of the country still grappling with worrying Covid-19 outbreaks. Yes Australians from South… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.How effective is sunscreen? With 500 New Zealanders dying from melanoma every year.. it's something Consumer NZ wants to find out. But each SPF test costs $5000 and they have to be conducted in labs… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.It's just 18 days until the Tokyo Olympics begin and one of the youngest athletes on the New Zealand team is 20-year-old Kanah Andrews-Nahu It will be the first Olympic Games for the weightlifter who… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.A look at the fruit and vege market, our minister of fruit and veggies, Glenn Forsyth spoke to Nathan Rarere. Audio

5:15 AM.An Australian virologist warns New Zealanders not to be so complacant as the Delta variant of Covid-19 sparks widespread outbreaks across the ditch and around the world. The highly transmissable… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To Samoa now where the country is waiting to see whether outgoing Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi and key members of his government will be arrested for contempt of court after allegedly… Read more Audio