First Up for Thursday 25 August 2022

5:49 AM.The government says New Zealand's supermarket duopoly has a year to start cooperating with their rivals or it will force them to. It was announced yesterday that Foodstuffs and Woolworths basicially… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Mt Ruapehu is a shell of its usual snow-laden self this winter. One of the warmest, most humid AND wettest winters on record has caused minimal snow fall and retention. As a result, Ruapehu Alpine… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.Queenstown businesses want New Zealand to attract high quality tourists, but not at the expense of those on a budget. The Tourism Minister has confirmed the country won't market towards budget… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.As the Marlborough region continues to deal with the impact of wild weather, supply chains of food and medications are being disrupted across the board However, the Civil Defence has partnered with… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Its time to check in with the Local Democracy Reporting Programme and this morning we're up in Northland with the one and only Susan Botting, who's been looking into some important issues at stake in… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.To Europe now, where - as we've just heard, Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations have been muted under threat of new Russian strikes on the capital - with Nathan Rarere from Sweden is Anita Purcell… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in London - Nathan Rarere was joined by our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio