First Up for Tuesday 5 December 2023

5:54 AM.People around Aotearoa are being urged to take part in street marches today against what Te Pati Maori is calling an "assault on Tangata whenua" by the new government. In a social media post on… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.To politics, and finance minister Nicola Willis has confirmed her planned mini-Budget will take place on December the 20th. The new government has also announced a boost to Working for Families… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Israel's military says it's now operating against Hamas in ALL of the Gaza Strip, following the break down of the week-long truce. The UN refugee chief has warned that Israel's renewed campaign is… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.We check in now on the neighbourhood of Northland with local democracy reporter Susan Botting and she told Nathan Rarere how the Far North District Council is now using maramataka the Maori lunar… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Our correspondent in Japan is Chris Gilbert. Nathan Rarere asked him about the on-going investigation into the crash of a US military's Osprey aircraft, and how the only partially succesful search for… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Let's begin in the United Kingdom, our correspondent up that way is Henry Riley. Audio