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5:52 AM.An Auckland Maori health provider is being run off its feet due to the number of Covid-19 patients and their contacts who are isolating at home. 50 people a day are currently testing positive at… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine will be available in a fortnight for people who got their second dose more than six months ago. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement yesterday… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The chair of a Tasman school board has resigned over the vaccine mandate because, he says, he refuses to call police if an unvaccinated member of the community walks through the school gates. Alistair… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.New Zealanders from all different areas of expertise are offering online zoom classes for school students whose teachers are in need of extra support as the school vaccine mandate comes into effect… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.It's fancy tech toys week as Jeremy Parkinson looks at the cool auctions on Trade Me. You can bid on a 3D printer with all the money raised going to Ronald McDonald House. And Beat the traffic… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Schools across the country will find out today if staff members have been vaccinated against Covid-19, with the mandate coming into effect overnight. Only those who have received at least their first… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To Austria now where the toughest restrictions in the world for the unvaccinated have come in to effect - and the Government is considering yet another full covid-19 lockdown.. For more on this… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.We begin this morning with a double hit from the other side of the world, we will talk with Catherine Walbridge in Austria soon where those who aren't vaccinated are facing some of the toughest… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.You know it's a World Cup cricket final if the Black Caps are playing, and it's to the T20 World Cup final we go now where New Zealand are playing Australia 172/4... Henry Moeran from the BBC has been… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.We're joined now by White Fern and great of New Zealand cricket, Suzie Bates. Audio

5:46 AM.Lockdowns and closed borders mean many of us have been spending time and money doing up the house, or cleaning the deck...but does this mean more injuries? Nearly 15,000 fewer people claimed ACC for… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.A Northland high school principal says that she's been accused of being 'complicit in mass genocide' by people opposed to getting vaccinated. From tomorrow anyone who works or volunteers in an… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.It's the middle of November - and it's getting HOT!!! And there's nothing hotter than our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth! Audio

5:10 AM.This week is music therapy awareness week in Aotearoa, it started in 2016 as a way to introduce more New Zealanders to the benefits. Music therapy is the planned use of music to assist with the… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.To Fiji now where fully-vaccinated tourists will soon be allowed back into the country without going through quarantine - and they appear to be taking up the opportunity in their droves. Joining… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.From Sunday, travellers who enter New Zealand will only have to spend a week in MIQ Under the new regime, arrivals who are fully vaccinated will be tested on days 0, 3 and 6, before a day-9 test at… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.A Northland GP is fed up with the amount of time that she and her colleagues are having to spend dealing with the outrageous demands by people who don't want the Covid vaccine. Dr Melissa… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.A Tasmanian Devil in New Zealand has been the first of it's kind to have a full hip replacement. Talei the 3-year-old Tasmanian devil was transferred to Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch in 2019 as… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Joining Nathan is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Mr Glenn Forsyth - Fruit of the Week - Avocados! Audio

5:16 AM."We were still kind of innocent and hokey [in the '80s]. New Zealand was almost like a teenager, you know?" Award-winning writer Oscar Kightley revisits his '80s childhood in the upcoming TV series Du… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 AM.The Black Ferns Northen tour hasn't had the recent hallmarks of the side's success. Heavy back to back defeats to England have given the squad plenty to think about as they prepare for their next game… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.We'll cross to the US this morning where we're talking about Astroworld, musician Travis Scott's festival where 8 people died in a crowd surge last week, Now Tiktok are having to address viral videos… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.And as we heard earlier in the programme, primary school students will be able to return to class next week after three months of learning from home. Nathan Rarere discussed this with the Deputy Prime… Read more Audio