First Up for Thursday 2 May 2024

5:50 AM.The deputy leader of the Opposition Carmel Sepuloni joined First Up to talk public transport subsidies, the unemployment rate and Pharmac funding. Audio

5:45 AM.A cars versus bikes battle continues to rage in Palmerston North after a new road layout which has separated traffic from a cycleway. Our reporter Jimmy Ellingham watched an at-times heated council… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Time to get out the ink and the silk screen - the Printopia Festival is back. Artist and festival director Ina Arraoui told producer Katrina Batten there's been a big rise in the number of people… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Nearly 3000 submissions have been received on the Hamilton city council's long term plan, which includes a proposed 19.9% rate rise; a shipping container is now public art and a housing programme with… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.Our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund tells Nathan about the many May Day protests taking place across Europe. Audio

5:13 AM.To South Asia where Anas Mallick tells us about a mass killing in Herat region in Afghanistan that killed six in a Shia mosque Audio

5:06 AM.Our London correspondent Ellie Jay updates Nathan on man weilding a sword in Hainault and the teenage boy he killed. Audio