First Up for Monday 12 July 2021

5:52 AM.Football's perennial under achievers, England, will in a little over an hour have the opportunity to win their first major tournament in 55 years. And the England team's exploits have captured the… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with Canterbury University Covid-19 modeller Michael Plank. Audio

5:42 AM.New South Wales recorded 77 new community cases of Covid-19 yesterday, 33 of whom are believed to have been out and about while infectious. Sadly, a woman in her 90s became the first person to die in… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.We head to Fiji now where Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama announced last night that the country will not go into lockdown because, he says, it will destroy the country's future. Nathan Rarere spoke… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.We're just on a month into winter - and here for his Monday look at the state of fresh produce is our Minster of Fruit and vegetables, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:16 AM.Social workers say changes are needed at Oranga Tamariki, so that they can make better decisions when they're faced with possible cases of abuse and neglect. The Independent Children's Monitor has… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.To the UK we head and the football frenzy that is London where we're joined by our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

5:07 AM.Sir Richard Branson has been launched into space on his Virgin Galactic ship VSS Unity. Sir Richard and a number of other passengers on the craft were released from their mothership at twenty past… Read more Audio