First Up for Wednesday 26 July 2023

5:51 AM.To politics now, a recent poll shows that less than half of New Zealanders have been to the dentist in the last year. Yesterday the Greens' health spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March launched a… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Time to talk football, and it was a dramatic match between New Zealand and the Philippines in Wellington last night. The Football Ferns lost 1-nil to the Philippines - who are making their first… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The NEW first rule of business might be to quit business school! That's been the experience of young entrepeneur Oakley Inkersell. The 20-year-old from Christchurch has made headlines as far away as… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.Religious structures are big on TradeMe this week, with a church in Southland and a Shinto temple themed ... hearse up for auction. But before we go there, producer Jeremy Parkinson talked with Millie… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.Let's go now to the Middle East - joining Nathan Rarere is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:06 AM.Time to find out whats going on in the land girt by sea, with Pam Corkery. Audio