First Up for Monday 21 November 2022

5:57 AM.First Up's producer Mahvash Ikram tries to teach Nathan how to say Qatar correctly. Audio

5:51 AM.Over the weekend, Auckland Transport held a careers day at Britomart station to try and recruit bus and train drivers, as well as ferry skippers and crew ... as well as parking officers. Nathan Rarere… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.New Zealand's Bus Companies are having to offer drivers more remuneration, amidst a nation-wide driver shortage Last month the government spent 61 million dollars to lift bus driver wages, but the… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Monday mornings brings the Minister of Fruit and Veges to your ears - Morena Glenn Forsyth! Audio

5:13 AM.The decision to hold the World Cup in a country with zero football history and a questionable human rights record led to calls from some for the event to be boycotted. But in a somewhat bizarre… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in the US with our correspondent Anna Burns-Francis. Audio