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5:08 AM.To the UK now - Nathan Rarere spoke from London by our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio

5:54 AM.An Auckland concrete contractor pumped five million litres of water from two floors of underground carparks this week as flooding wreaked havoc across the city. At least 100 vehicles were submerged in… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Throughout this election year we're going to be speaking regularly with MPs from all the country's major political parties. And this morning it's the turn of Act and its deputy leader Brooke van… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The massive scale of clean-up in Auckland is becoming clearer as the floodwaters recede. All week we've heard accounts of human loss and damage to property. But the record-breaking flash floods also… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.It's the first Friday of the month - so no better time to catch up with our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Hawkes Bay Nectarines Audio

5:18 AM.Auckland's flooding has not only affected houses, businesses and schools but it also struck the Aotea Centre which had to find a new venue for it's immersive exhibition Renaissance: The Age of Genius… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To Africa now - Nathan Raree is joined from Accra, the capital of Ghana by our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's start the programme in the United States - Nathan Rarere is joined from New York by our correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio

5:52 AM.And staying with schools, some Auckland Schools will re-open today after the Ministry of Education made a U-turn on their direction to close schools for the week. The Ministry put a Power of Direction… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.An Auckland block of flats that was swamped by two and a half metres of water on Friday was flooded again yesterday, and the residents are at the end of their tether. And an elderly resident remains… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.A second weather bomb in less than a week brought more rain to already sodden properties yesterday. Thousands of people across Auckland finding their homes flooded for a second time. For context… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.A shortage of eggs has the nation scrambling for alternatives and it will be a while before our worries can be laid to rest. Nathan's not yolking when he says that help is on the way Megan May of… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To Europe now, Nathan Rarere is joined from Germany by our correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's begin in the UK, where teachers across the nation have joined hundreds of thousands of workers in strike action. Joining Nathan Rarere from London is Henry Riley. Audio

5:53 AM.Joining us now, as he will be every other Wednesday this year, is co-leader of the Green Party James Shaw. Audio

5:48 AM.Last week First Up revealed that the Grant Chateau Tongariro would no longer take new bookings. Yesterday the company which runs the iconic building announced it wouldn't be renewing its lease, after… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Around Auckland the clean up from Friday's deluge continues it was a double whammy for those living on one Auckland street. . Residents in Ponsonby's Tawariki Street told our producer Mahvash Ikram… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.For the latest on the weather overnight Nathan Rarere was joined by metservice meteorologist John Crouch. Audio

5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - Joel Little's Titirangi home is for sale. And if the weather doesn't exactly shout SUMMER, an old ice-cream truck certainly does. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.Here in Auckland, it's been raining most of the night.. Let's go now to our reporter Mohammad Alafeshat who is just north of the city in Orewa. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in Australia, Nathan Rarere is joined from Brisbane by Pam Corkery. Audio

5:51 AM.A North Shore pensioner says she was told by her housing provider to 'jump on her bed' to escape the floodwaters on Friday amid the city's deluge. Stephanie - who has asked us to only use her first… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Auckland has had almost eight times its normal January rainfall this month, with more rainovernight and Metservice issuing a heavy rain warning for the region for the next 24 hours. A low lying area… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.The first two political polls since Chris Hipkins took over as Prime Minister show Labour nudging ahead. The 1News Kantar Public Poll has Labour on 38 per cent, up 5 percentage points, and National… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Time now to head to Whanganui with our Local Democracy programme. Reporter Moana Ellis is here with us. Audio