First Up for Friday 12 May 2023

5:53 AM.As we've just heard the cost of putting kai on the table has taken the biggest annual leap in 36 years. The price of groceries went up 14 percent and the price of fruit and vegetables prices jumped 22… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Research reveals that more than half of New Zealanders are experiencing mental stress about living costs. Food prices took their biggest annual jump since 1987 and have gone up - 12.5 per cent - year… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from our nation's leading fresh produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NZ Persimmons Audio

5:15 AM.'80s sci fi thriller Stranger Things has brought the '80s roaring back into the public conscious.

And it turns out that Dungeons and Dragons, Kate Bush and Cyndi Lauper aren't the only throw backs… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To Africa now - joining Nathan Rarere from Accra in Ghana is our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in Europe, Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio