First Up for Monday 2 October 2023

5:53 AM.Early voting officially opens on Monday, and while you've got to be 18 years old to vote in Aotearoa, you can never be too old. Leonard Powell paid a visit to his local retirement village to get a… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.To politics - and we're joined again for our regular catch up with the deputy leader of NZ First - Mr Shane Jones. Audio

5:24 AM.Time now to get the latest from the Minister of Fruit Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:16 AM.And it's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

5:10 AM.Meanwhile - the US is being urged by Pacific leaders to put its words into action after the leaders summit. Our correspondent in Tonga is Kalafi Moala, he joins us now Audio

5:06 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann joins First Up. Audio