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5:37 AM.The Reserve Bank releases its updated monetary statement later today, with economists anticipating yet another rise in the official cash rate. So what is this going to mean for inflation? Mortgate… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.This week on TradeMe - the connection between a boat and millionare and a kidney. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with TradeMe's Ruby Topzand about a meet and greet with rugby legend Ardie… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.It's all about sandstorms in the Middle-East this week - with storms hitting at least three countries. With Nathan Rarere from Doha is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:06 AM.We will begin this morning in Australia where the new Labor government of Anthony Albanese is still two seats away from a majority in Parliament. Joining Nathan Rarere from high over Brisbane is our… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.Volunteers spent yesterday picking up glass shards from the sports fields at St Joseph's Primary School in Levin after a tornado ripped through parts of the town on Friday. More than 30 properties… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.The World Health Assembly has convened in Switzerland - the organisation is marking its 75th anniversary in Geneva. And there, representing New Zealand is our Minister of Health Andrew Little - and he… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A six month trial begins today using safety cameras to better understand the scale of distracted driving in New Zealand. Waka Kotahi is trialling cameras on three Auckland highways to see how many… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.And as you know every week we get to catch up with the deputy leader of both the Labour and National parties to hear what's on their agendas. This morning it's National's Nicola Willis, who's also… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.Just hours after being sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese has arrived in Tokyo to meet with the leaders of Japan, India and the United States. And yes US President Joe… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in the UK where 21 cases of monkey pox have been confirmed after the first case was identified this time last week.. And just in the last hour and a half, photos of Prime… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.Back home now where the number of new Covid case yesterday dropped below 5-thousand for the first time in three months. So a positive sign but the majority of new cases are now thought to be of the… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Anthony Albanese is the new Prime Minister of Australia, with Labor seizing power from the Scott Morrison-led coalition and bringing Labor out of the political wilderness to government in Australia… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.To Monday's fresh produce markets we go - joining Nick Trubridge is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:14 AM.Turn on your taringas, prepare your tastebuds because an art exhibition underway in Christchurch is shunning the visual in favour of other senses. What Might We Find When We Stop Looking? is running… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To Pakistan now where former Prime Minister Imran Khan isn't giving up on his bid for re-election, he's leading a march on the capital Islamabad in what he calls a "battle for freedom". Nick Trubridge… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in Europe, where streaming giant Netflix has had to cough up around 100 million New Zealand dollars to settle a tax dispute in Italy.. Joining Nick Trubridge from Italy is our… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.The country's drug-buying agency Pharmac has received its biggest increase to its medicines budget ever with 191 million dollars to be spent over the next two years. Fiona Tolich lives with Spinal… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Transport was a big focus in the leadup to yesterday's Budget with calls for the half price transport scheme and fuel tax reduction to be kept amid the ballooning cost of living. The two schemes have… Read more Audio

5:27 AM.We are well into Autumn now - and as we head in to winter, it's a good time to remember to BUY IN SEASON.. With Nathan Rarere, as he is every Friday is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.To Australia where as soon as tomorrow night Australia could have a new Prime Minister The federal election will elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. Nathan Rarere asked the ABC's Gavin… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Every Friday we head to Africa - Nathan Rarere spoke to our correspondent Nabil Ahmed who is in Accra, Ghana. He asked him about Zimbabwe's enormous stockpile of elephant ivory and what the government… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.We begin this morning in the United States where President Biden has welcomed the leaders of Sweden and Finland - for more on that, Nathan Rarere was joined from New York by TVNZ's corresondent in New… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.And Nathan Rarere caught up with the man who will be delivering today's Budget, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. He asked how preparations for the big announcement are… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.A little later today the government will deliver its 2022 Budget, which will include 6 billion dollars of new spending. There have also been major funding announcements about mental health and… Read more Audio