First Up for Thursday 22 August 2024

5:52 AM.Thursday is the time First Up talks with the Labour opposition, Carmel Sepuloni joined Nathan Rarere for a look at the political week. Audio

5:47 AM.A Kapiti Coast driving instructor is calling out the NZTA over delays in driver testing officer training, Mahvash Ikram has this report. Audio

5:35 AM.Movie lovers in Thames can now chill somewhere other than Netflix as a new cinema opens in the town, Leonard Powell went to have a look. Audio

5:23 AM.Cambridge's water tower has been marked for destruction, but not everyone is happy, RNZ's Natalie Akoorie has the story Audio

5:14 AM.A bus crash in Pakistan has killed a number of Pakistani pilgrims, Anas Mallick reports in from Islamabad Audio

5:06 AM.More bodies are recovered off Sicily in the wake of the super-yacht sinking, Anita Purcell-Sjölund has Thursday's news from Europe Audio