First Up for Thursday 17 March 2022

5:52 AM.Back in November of last year a couple of First Up staff went to check out a very interesting piece of technology that tells you how protected you are against Covid-19. Sure enough, the device… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Our Aussie correspondent Pam Corkey told us about the horrific issues with the rising prices for coffee - perhaps going up to 7-dollars for a latte. We asked for feedback yestrday and as you heard… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Every week we like to take a trip around the nation to find out what's happening in our beautiful regions, and our LDR correspondent this week is Moana Ellis from Whanganui's Awa FM. Nathan Rarere… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.In Europe, a delegation of three EU Prime Ministers have made a high-level visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The PMs of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia took a train on Tuesday evening… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To the UK now where Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his delight at the news that British-Iranian nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are on their way to the UK after… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin today in the USA, where Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed Congress on a video link from Kyiv - once again appealing for more direct help from the US government. Just prior… Read more Audio