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5:21 AM.Time now to hear from First Up's Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:11 AM.To Europe where correspondent Nita Blake-Persen is joining us from Germany. Audio

5:07 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent is Mitch McCann and he spoke with Nathan Rarere from New York. Audio

5:51 AM.Cyclone Gabrielle has left several North Island towns destroyed beyond recognition, but it wasn't just the intense rain that caused the devastation. The strong winds uprooted trees, downed power lines… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand is accepting offers of international assistance, He also adjourned Parliament for the week, while the country remains in a national state of emergency… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.Thousands of people in the North Island are still waiting for power to be restored. Authorities say reinforcements are on the way, but essential supplies are dwindling. Many of those stranded would… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.With Nathan Rarere from the fresh produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Yellow Flesh Peaches Audio

5:07 AM.We begin the morning in the United States of America - and our correspondent in New York is Bevan Hurley. Audio

5:49 AM.So three days after Monday's devastating cyclone, thousands of people across Tairawhiti, Hawke's Bay, Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel remain cut off, without power or cell phone coverage. At… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.At last, many Coromandel residents were able to enjoy a hot meal and a cold beer yesterday when the lights flickered on for the first times since Sunday night . But they're being warned that the… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Animals have also been left homeless and shaken during Cyclone Gabrielle. To find out how they're being helped we visited HUHA at their temporary base at the Dog Exhibition Centre in South Auckland… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Time to head to the Top of the South and talk local issues with LDR's Max Frethey where's there's a development in the Nelson library saga. Audio

5:15 AM.To Europe now, from Sweden Nathan Rarere is joined by Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:50 AM.It's time now for our weekly chat with a co-leader of the Green Party. And today it's the turn of Marama Davidson. Audio

5:44 AM.To Coromandel now where large parts of the Peninsula remain cut off and without power due to cyclone Gabrielle. A huge slip during last month's floods meant State Highway 25A between Kopu and Tairua… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Dargaville and Whangarei were the Northland towns worst affected by ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle. Evacuations and road closures continued yesterday as the storm's tentacles moved away from the… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.About 50 Tongan orchard workers who were trapped by raging floodwaters on rooftops have now been rescued. A helicopter had to make the attempt to get them to dry land because the torrent surrounding… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.Thousands of people across the north island have endured another night without power and cellphone coverage. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says the damage from Cyclone Gabrielle was the most… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.We'll update you on the weather situation shortly with Heath Gullery from Metservice - but first to Australia, Nathan Rarere is joined from Brisbane by our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio

5:49 AM.Let's go now to National's Deputy Leader Nicola Willis.. Audio

5:43 AM.It's just gone high tide in the Coromandel, as Cyclone Gabrielle bears down on the already flood-soaked region. One of the Coromandel's main roads, State Highway 25A which connects the peninsula's… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere is RNZ reporter Jonty Dine. Audio