First Up for Thursday 18 November 2021

5:53 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with Auckland's Mayor Phil Goff. Audio

5:49 AM.Just in time for Christmas, Auckland's border will be reopening on the December 15th. After 92 days stuck in the city, Aucklanders will be able to leave to travel around Aotearoa. We sent our reporter… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.The discovery of human remains deep inside the Pike River Mine just two days out from the 11th anniversary of the disaster has caused an outpouring of emotion from the families of those who died… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.All of New Zealand is expected to move into the traffic light system soon after the 29th of November, with the Auckland boundary opening up to vaccinated or tested people from 15 December. Prime… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.It's that time of the week where we talk to one of our Local Democracy reporters and joining Nathan Rarere this week all the way from Ashburton to Auckland is Adam Burns. Audio

5:19 AM.The jury in the trial of teenage gunman Kyle Rittenhouse is still considering its verdict. Rittenhouse is being tried over the deaths of two men during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August of… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.As Auckland children return to school for the first time in 13 weeks the prospect of going back into the classromm can be a little daunting. Dr Emma Woodward is a psychologist and Nathan Rarere asked… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in Europe, where tensions still high on the border between Poland and Belarus - for more on this and more of the stories making headlines on the earth's most northern continent… Read more Audio