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5:54 AM.Kawerau paper mill staff who've been locked out of work with no pay for five weeks will this morning meet to decide whether to accept their employers latest offer. The company, Essity, yesterday… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Over the past week or so we've been getting to know the candidates vying to be the next mayor of New Zealand's biggest city. This morning we'll hear from Viv Beck, who will be well known to many of… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Ukraine's president Vlodomir Zelensky says his forces have seized more territory from Russia. This comes as Moscow has admitted losing key cities in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Some military… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.This week on TradeMe, an iPhone 13 with a sad story or a happy one if the seller's plan comes together and a Remuera home once owned by an Auckland Mayor. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson spoke… Read more Audio

5:19 AM.New Zealand's over-60s cricket team has its eye on the first ever veterans' world cup trophy. The senior squad has qualified for the final against Paksitan today. Andrew Nuttall is part of the New… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.To the Middle East now - Nathan Rarere spoke to our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:09 AM.To Australia now, where the issue of Republicanism hasn't taken long to be raised in the wake of the death of the Queen. Joining Nathan Rarere from her palace over-looking Brisbane is our… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We'll head straight to the UK where the Queen's coffin is once again on the move - joining Nathan Rarere from London is our Henry Riley. Audio

5:49 AM.New Zealanders will have an unexpected public holiday on Monday the 26th of September to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. It will coincide with a state memorial service to be held in in… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.As of this morning, the Covid Traffic Light system is a thing of the past. Instead of going to the Green Light setting, Cabinet yesterday decided to scap the Covid-19 Protection Framework altogether… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Over the past week or so we've been hearing from the four major candidates vying to be the next mayor of New Zealand's largest city. This morning we're with Wayne Brown, the businessman and former Far… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Time to catch up with the Local Democracy Reporting Programme and this morning we're on the West Coast with LDR journalist Brendon McMahon. Audio

5:14 AM.To Japan now, soon you're going to hear about life-saving cyborg cockroaches. But first our correspondent in Tokyo Chris Gilbert told us about the reaction there to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in London, where plans for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth are being finalised as her coffin lies in Edinburgh's St Giles Cathedral. With Nathan Rarere from London is our… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.We head to London now where the city is preparing to hold the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the first time a monarch has been laid to rest there in 70 years. Richard Fitzwilliams is a Royal… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.For the past week or so we've been profiling the candidates vying to be the next mayor of Auckland, and this morning we hear from the man many see as the front runner to take the city's top job… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.His coconuts are particularly lovely today - he's all about fresh greens and there's nothing greener than his beloved Canberra Raiders..It's Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:15 AM.To Germany now where the passing of Queen Elizabeth II is being remembered, not least for her committment to German British reconciliation after the Second World War. We join our correspondent in… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in the United Kingdom where Queen Elizabeth II's coffin has arrived in Edinburgh after thousands of people lined the streets as it was driven there from Balmoral. Nathan Rarere was joined… Read more Audio