First Up for Thursday 3 March 2022

5:53 AM.To Parliament now where there were surreal scenes yesterday, as tents and a children's playground were set alight and bricks hurled at police officers during the 23rd day of the vaccine mandate… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.University students living in halls of residence say almost everyone they know has Covid-19. New Zealand has passed 120,000 cases currently active in the community, with 22,152 cases recorded… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.We'll be crossing live to Parliament shortly where our reporter Emma Hatton will bring us up-to-date on the protest which turned into fiery mayhem yesterday. But first Nathan Rarere discussed what… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.It's the time of the week where we have a chat to our Local Democracy reporters. This morning we're heading to Whakatane to talk to Diane McCarthy of the Whakatane Beacon. Audio

5:17 AM.We head to another part of Europe and to find out how Swedes are reacting to the invasion is our correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:12 AM.In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Russia is committing war crimes by the bombing of innocent civilians in Ukraine.. With more on that, and more reaction to the events in Europe from the… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning with the war in Ukraine, where there's a growing humanitarian crisis Nathan Rarere spoke with our correspondent Giles Gibson just before the programme and asked him which… Read more Audio