First Up for Monday 4 December 2023

5:52 AM.To Hawke's Bay now, and YET ANOTHER slip closed part of state highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa yesterday, and motorists were left without a detour. The road stayed closed overnight and Waka Kotahi… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.It's nearly December, and the Christmas music has well and truly begun trickling over the speakers at the mall. People are counting down the days til the end of the year. And its the season for people… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.In the Middle-East, the death toll in Gaza continues to rise - with Nathan Rarere from Doha is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:21 AM.To the fresh produce markets now - our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:12 AM.To Europe now, in Berlin for First Up is correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

5:06 AM.Kicking this week off is Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann. Audio