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Local Democracy Reporter Bronson Perich brings First Up the latest from the region.

Correspondent Ellie Jay has the latest from the United Kingdom.

On today's First Up pod: news out of the United Kingdom, the latest from South Waikato and Taupo, ACT leader David Seymour explains the party's pledge to remove tax on Kiwisaver earnings, and we head to Antarctica for an update on the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project.

The housing market is all over the place - neither buyers nor sellers seem to be getting anywhere fast.

A wrap of the day's big stories

Tonight: more than 20,000 sets of salt and pepper shakers at the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains.

Journalist and commentator Ben Strang joins the show with the latest sports news.

The Greens want to bring back an overnight passenger train between the two cities. On paper, it sounds simple enough. But is it?

Peter Hamill first put together a field guide to Marlborough’s freshwater plants and animals more than twenty years ago. 

Extra seats being added to Parliament because a party has one more electorate seat than its share of the party vote would normally give it is nothing new. But this year, the possibility of parties and their supporters, deliberately trying to engineer an overhang to skew the proportionality of Parliament in their favour has put the issue firmly in the spotlight.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: the mandatory requirement to wear a wig, bands and bar jacket in the courts of the Kingdom of Tonga is being questioned. Lawyer Tutone Maka raised the motion at the Tonga Law Society's AGM last week to remove the wig, bands and bar jacket as mandatory at court appearances in Tonga....

First up, we continue with our Election Policy Watch. This time we look at labour's promise to create a right to repair for cars, ensuring independent mechanics can have access to the manuals, software and tools needed to fix modern cars. Then, it's the Greens' turn. They've promised to make public transport free for children, students, apprentices, Community Service Card holders and Total Mobilit...

United Kingdom correspondent, Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the American military withdrawing its bombers a week after an alleged terror plot was thwarted at the joint UK-US RAF Fairford air base, as well as the former Prince Andrew taking Thames Valley police to court.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

South Islanders are waiting longer for bowel cancer diagnostic procedures than people in the North Island. A patient advocate says the stark regional divide is causing anxiety, and health authorities should act with urgency the close the gap. Health NZ says plans are in place to do just that. Otago Southland reporter Katie Todd spoke to Lisa Owen.

Scott Barrett is back in the All Blacks, albeit no longer as skipper. Barret has been recalled to the team after 10 months on the sideline ahead of the first Bledisloe Cup test this weekend. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

A lifeline has been extended to a volunteer service supporting people in the ED at Palmerston North Hospital. Last year Hato Hone St John announced it would be scrapping the Friend of the Emergency Department programme due to funding constraints. Now the charity, Palmerston North Hospital Foundation's stumping up $75,000 over the next three years to keep the local volunteers going. Foundation Chai...

Fuel is again edging to record prices, off the back of ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Meanwhile the government is giving regional airlines a share of $5.7 million to help protect essential air links as operators face soaring fuel prices. Westpac Chief Economist, Kelly Eckhold spoke to Lisa Owen.

All the top stories and other headlines from the day

South Island surfer Jack Tyro is preparing to paddle out for New Zealand at the world champs. It's far from the 19 year old's first international competition, but this time he is captaining the country's youngest longboarding squad. Tess Brunton reports.

A near miss caused by a car racing to beat a train today caught the Greens off guard as they touted a plan to get rid of level crossings in Auckland. Labour had an announcement of its own - about the right to repair. For National, leader Christopher Luxon pressed the flesh in Canterbury, while deputy Nicola Willis put the boot into Labour's fiscal plan. Political reporter Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira sp...

Telehealth services are offering assessments for ADHD, as some people seeking a diagnosis for the condition don't want to wait months for an in-person consultation. Since February, GPs and nurse practitioners have been able to diagnose ADHD and prescribe medication for it. But many GP practices aren't providing the service, meaning people are turning to virtual assessments. For the second story in...

A fifth Black Cap has turned his back on a central contract just weeks before the international summer starts. Michael Bracewell has opted to move to a casual contract to pursue an opportunity in the Australian Big Bash League, opening the door for a veteran first class player to earn his first national contract. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

An amateur sleuth is close to finding the whanau of a young WWI soldier whose medals were discovered recently during a police raid. Two medals, belonging to Private Victor Powell were found at a Christchurch property during an unrelated search. Ian Martyn from Medals Reunited is working to track down his family, and spoke to Lisa Owen.