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5:54 AM.It's the first day of a new school term but Auckland students are again having to settle for online lessons ... if they're able to login at all, that is. It remains unclear just when students will be… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.There were 51 new community cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday including - worryingly - four in Waikato. The news is better for Northland, which may have dodged a bullet with no new cases being… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.Businesses are calling for dining and entertainment vouchers to support the industries hard hit by Covid-19 lockdowns. Vouchers to encourage people to dine out and spend money have been rolled out… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the fresh produce markets - it's our Minister of Fruit and Vege, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:17 AM.Sam Richards is 15 and has just made 1 million dollars. The New Zealander teenager is currently living in Queensland and has sold his Amazon business Bellaforte which sells reusable, affordable and… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.We're off to the Cook Islands now where people are wondering what more they need to do to get New Zealand tourists back now they're 96 per cent vaccinated? Joining Nathan Rarere is the president of… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in Australia where that State of Victoria is lifting its lockdown from Friday when the state should reach the milestone of 70 per cent of elegible people being fully vaccinated. This is… Read more Audio

5:56 AM.The country's got a lot riding on this weekend with hopes pinned on the nationwide Super Saturday event raising vaccination levels in Auckland to over 90 per cent for the first dose ... and to give… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Home-isolation for low-risk positive Covid-19 cases could become available as early as next week, as high case numbers threaten to overwhelm the country's MIQ facilities. An obvious question this… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Some Schools across the country have been preparing to have some difficult conversations with staff over the next few weeks if they won't get the mandatory Covid-19 vaccine for educators. But not so… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Hundreds of Cook Islanders who became stranded when New Zealand went into lockdown are finally heading home two months later. It's the second repatriation flight, this time departing from Auckland and… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.We'll head to New York now where a former navy engineer is accused of selling secrets. Our correspondent Bevan Hurley know all about it and he's here with us now. Audio

5:48 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with Grant Robertson about the 55 new cases of Covid-19 that were detected yesterday. He asked him about the Northland case who's continuing to refuse to engage with contact… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Aged-care facilities say their Auckland residents are isolated and lonely as they head into their ninth week in lockdown. It's prompted some in the industry to call for booster shots for residents so… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.On Tuesday, The Prime Minister announced details of Super Saturday - a major push to vaccinate those who are yet to be so And a big part of that will be an afternoon Telethon which, instead of raising… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.It's that time of the week where we have a look around Aotearoa and a chat to some of our Local Democracy Reporters, this week we're heading to Ashburton to chat with Adam Burns. Audio

5:18 AM.Many of us who are in Auckland, Northland and Waikato will be in the midst of school holidays spent at home and around the country businesses that rely on tourism from overseas and from Aotearoa's… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.On the 14th of September 1972, a petition calling for active recognition of te reo Maori was presented to Parliament containing over 30-thousand signatures. The petition, which was organised by Maori… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.To Europe now, where Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent in Sweden, Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:54 AM.To tell us how her students are managing, Nathan Rarere spoke with the principal of Kia Aroha College in South Auckland's Clover Park, Haley Milne. Audio

5:43 AM.A new mum is in MIQ limbo at Wellington Hospital after giving birth to a baby boy at just 26 weeks. New Zealander Ferne Grady, who now lives in Perth, was visiting family in Palmerston North in July… Read more Audio