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5:19 AM.Protests continue in Israel into how Prime Minister Netanyahu has handled the hostage situation - Doha based Alex Baird joined First Up Audio

5:13 AM.Ukraine's Foreign Minister has resigned - Anita Purcell-Sjölund tells us why Audio

5:06 AM.The report into the 2017 Grenfell disater is out - Ellie Jay has the details Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we catch up on what's happening with our Paralympians in Paris, with Chef de Mission Raylene Bates where we have four medals now; the international visitor levy is going from… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.International visitors are set to pay more to visit New Zealand - producer Leonard Powell hit the streets to find out more. Audio

5:46 AM.Another medal for New Zealand at the Paralympics - Chef de Mission Raylene Bates talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

5:23 AM.Gore is synonymous with country music, but that was news to TradeMe's Tiana Barns.. she talked with First Up producer Matthew Hutching. Audio

5:15 AM.A suicide attack in Afghanistan is leading the news out of South Asia, Anas Mallick reports from Islamabad, Pakistan Audio

5:06 AM.For the first time ever, a major Australia political party will be lead by an indigenous woman - Pam Corkery has the story out of Brisbane Audio

5:52 AM.Finance Minister Nicola talks about how she will remember Kiingi Tuheitia Audio

5:48 AM.Our producer Mahvash Ikram talks to a woman who kept working through chemotherapy, just so she could pay her mortgage. Audio

5:26 AM.The latest from North Canterbury with Local Democracy Reporter David Hill. Audio

5:16 AM.Japan correspondent Chris Gilbert and Nathan Rarere talk about Japanese delicacies Audio

5:11 AM.South America correspondent Kate Pereyra-Gracia talks about a man who spent 44 years on the run Audio

5:06 AM.UK correspondent Henry Riley has the latest on the decision to suspending some export licences for military equipment to Israel Audio

5:52 AM.At least 13 iwi including Ngai Tahu, Ngapuhi, Mataatua waka and Te Atiawa will be represented in the first contingent of manuhiri expected at Tuurangawaewae Marae to pay tribute to Kiingi Tuheitia… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.First Up reporter Leonard Powell goes along to Māpura Studios in Sandringham to meet two Auckland artists with disabilities will have their art celebrated on the world stage in Paris. Audio

5:23 AM.Start the week with the latest from the world of fresh produce with the Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth Audio

5:15 AM.Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala talks to Nathan Rarere about what happened at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Audio

5:06 AM.The suit names several books that have been removed from school libraries under the law, including works by renowned authors Maya Angelou and Ernest Hemingway. US correspondent Katherine Firkin has… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.Boutique maker Little Lato has won the Supreme Champion award for their Vegan Mango Lassi Gelato. Nathan talks to the creator Hannah Engelsman. Audio

5:45 AM.RNZ explainer editor Katie Kenny talks about how our data on social media can be used to train AI. Audio

5:36 AM.RNZ Tumu Maori Shannon Haunui-Thompson talks to Nathan about the legacy of the Maori King Tuheitia Paki Audio

5:20 AM.First Up's associate minister of Fruit and Veg Richard Warwick with the latest from the world of fresh produce. Fruit of the Week: Tamarillo Audio

5:11 AM.A Ugandan man allegedly found with 24 human skulls may have been using them for human sacrifice and could face life in prison - Africa correspondent Nabil Ahmed Rufai has the details Audio