First Up for Tuesday 20 July 2021

5:53 AM.Sixty-five homes in Westport have been red stickered after the weekend's devastating floods, meaning residents can't return home. Just over 300 have been yellow stickered and about 1800 have no or… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.The National Party's deputy leader Shane Reti says the Government should release its advice on opening the country's borders. The Government is understood to have received a report from an independent… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.To Afghanistan now where the Taliban is on the march as the official withdrawal of US forces nears its end. Charlotte Bellis is a New Zealand journalist working for al Jazeera and she is in… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.After being postponed for a year, the still-named '2020 Tokyo Olympics will officially open this Saturday. The action starts 2 days early for both the Football ferns who play Australia, and the men's… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.This week on TradeMe a piece of original Star Wars memorabilia, from a time when Star Wars merch was few and far between in New Zealand - and the ultimate in male mid-life crisis cars. But first… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.The Covid-19 vaccination campaign is working its way up one of the most remote reaches of the North Island. The settlements of the Whanganui River Valley are isolated, and mostly inhabited by kuia and… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.Having won New Zealand's first ever canoe slalom medal at the Rio Olympics, Luuka Jones is hoping to go one better in Tokyo. Her silver medal in 2016 was a surprise, as she only qualified seventh for… Read more Audio