First Up for Thursday 4 November 2021

5:48 AM.The Prime Minister's national tour to try and give vaccination rates a boost was hampered by small but very vocal protests of people opposed to getting the vaccine. Jacinda Ardern was forced to call… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.One of the stars of the show in the All Blacks game against Wales over the weekend was a man with Jarvo 69 emblazened on his black jersey standing with the players as they lined up for their national… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.In the USA the last couple of weeks have been the Sports Equinox, the time all four of the major sports are being played at the same time. Basketball and American football are early into their season… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.It's that time of the week when we like to catch up with the team of ace reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting programme. This morning we're in Whakatane with the LDR's Diane McCarthy. Diane's… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.Auckland's museums could be able to dust off their exhibts and open their doors to the public from next week if the city moves to Alert Level 3 step 2 ... as the government's indicated. Our producer… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.From Australia to Europe now, where Nathan Rarere was joined by our correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio