First Up for Tuesday 16 November 2021

5:52 AM.An Auckland Maori health provider is being run off its feet due to the number of Covid-19 patients and their contacts who are isolating at home. 50 people a day are currently testing positive at… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine will be available in a fortnight for people who got their second dose more than six months ago. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement yesterday… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The chair of a Tasman school board has resigned over the vaccine mandate because, he says, he refuses to call police if an unvaccinated member of the community walks through the school gates. Alistair… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.New Zealanders from all different areas of expertise are offering online zoom classes for school students whose teachers are in need of extra support as the school vaccine mandate comes into effect… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.It's fancy tech toys week as Jeremy Parkinson looks at the cool auctions on Trade Me. You can bid on a 3D printer with all the money raised going to Ronald McDonald House. And Beat the traffic… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Schools across the country will find out today if staff members have been vaccinated against Covid-19, with the mandate coming into effect overnight. Only those who have received at least their first… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To Austria now where the toughest restrictions in the world for the unvaccinated have come in to effect - and the Government is considering yet another full covid-19 lockdown.. For more on this… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.We begin this morning with a double hit from the other side of the world, we will talk with Catherine Walbridge in Austria soon where those who aren't vaccinated are facing some of the toughest… Read more Audio