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5:32 AM.New Zealand is basking in the glory of one the greatest sporting achiements in our country's history. Yes almost exactly 24 hours ago Kane Williamson's Black Caps toppled the Indian juggernaught to… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Our minister of fruit and vege, Glenn Forsyth joined Nathan Rarere for a look at the week in fresh produce. Audio

5:16 AM.An Auckland Paediatrician says that wards in Auckland and Starship Hospitals are almost full of children with preventable respiratory conditions partly due to cold, unsuitable sleeping conditions. The… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.After a year-long hiatus, the international touring stage production of the Lion King is here. An estimated 100 million people worldwide have seen the six-time Tony Award-winning production and… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson about the concerning situation in the capital.

He began by asking whether we should have shut the gates to Sydney sooner. Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Will Wellington see any cases of Covid-19 today?

The capital is now in Alert Level 2 after an Australian tourist who visited over the weekend tested positive upon returning to Sydney.

That means… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Two weeks ago Rachel Jordan was photographing a Bride and Groom on their wedding day when the helicopter they were in crashed severely injuring her, the pilot and the newly-married couple.

She's… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.An investigation by ITV news in the UK has discovered online retailer Amazon destroys millions of items of unsold stock every year.

Footage taken from inside Amazon's Dunfermline warehouse in… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.A woman whose house was badly damaged by the devastating Papatoetoe tornado is angry that the very next day a property developer asked her if she wanted to sell up.

Assessors have finished checking… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.To Europe where we are joined by our correspondent in Sweden Anita Purcell Sjölund. Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Wellington and surrounding areas moved to Alert Level 2 at six o'clock last night after an Australian tourist who visited the city over the weekend tested positive for Covid-19 upon return to Sydney.

5:53 AM.Just 500-thousand dollars of the $235 million set aside for new mental health facilities has been spent, leading the health minister to express his frustration at how longs it's taking to see the… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Now to a story about how a group of prisoners went from making methamphetamine to making yoghurt, turning it into a commodity so popular that it was smuggled between prisons. In 2013 best friends and… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Fiji has had another day of record Covid-19 cases as overseas medical teams including New Zealanders arrive in the country to help deal with the escalating crisis. There were 180 new cases yesterday… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.With just a month to go the New Zealand weightlifting team have been selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Cameron McTaggart will be making his Olympic debut in the men's under 81kg weight class… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.India have begun their second innings at bat in the World Test Cricket final in England - New Zealand led by 32 runs at the end of their first innings. The rain affected test is in to it's fifth - and… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Rangers at Auckland's Shakespear Regional Park are battling a stoat invasion, which they say is taking some creativity. It began with a single female Stoat sneaking into the park, and worsened after… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.Wild Weaves NZ is a local business which combines woven yarn with dried flowers to make botanical wall hangings. The colourful pieces of art are handmade all by Jessica Ennor. Our reporter Ella… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in Australia where the growing Sydney Covid-19 cluster has closed the Quarantine Free bubble with New Zealand for the next 3 days and is heaping pressure on the federal… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Medsafe has given the all-clear for New Zealanders as young as 12 to receive the Pfizer vaccine. This happened as the Prime Minister announced that a million New Zealanders have received their first… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.We sent Ella Stewart the other way.. down Freyberg Avenue. Audio

5:43 AM.The Prime Minister will visit the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe on Friday to get a first hand look at the aftermath of the tornado which damaged more than 1200 homes on Saturday leaving 62… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.A 36-strong squad All Blacks was announced in Auckland last night, ahead of tests against Tonga and Fiji next month. The group includes five uncapped players, but doesn't feature several senior… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - a Game of Thrones crew jacket and a particularly clever listing for a rather average fishing boat. But first, TradeMe's Millie Silvester tells producer Jeremy Parkinson about… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.To Japan, where it's been announced that up to 10-thousand spectators will be allowed into venues for the Olympic Games, either that or up to 50 per cent of capacity. Our producer Matthew Theunissen… Read more Audio