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5:46 AM.The first people in the UK have received vaccines for covid-19. The UK is the first country in the world to start using a vaccine after it was approved by regulators last week. Our London… Read more Audio

5:39 AM.London based New Zealander James Parr, is the founder of the Open Space Agency and director of the NASA funded AI lab. Each month James will be answering your questions about Space! For today Nathan… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.The comedian George Burns said "You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." That saying is very relevant to the Hen's Teeth production at Circa Theatre in Wellington of The Older… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.A Christchurch man says he'd probably be on a benefit if he hadn't secured fruit picking work in Central Otago over summer. Luke Condon, who is planning to go to university in Christchurch next year… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.The honeymoon continues for the Labour government with the first political poll since the election showing the party on 53 per cent - up seven per cent since the last poll almost two months ago. The… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.After criss-crossing the country over the past few weeks, former New York Mayor and President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani yesterday tested positive for Covid-19. Nathan Rarere gets the… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Facebook has released its' 'Year in Review' showing us what Kiwis have been talking about and sharing in 2020 on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. The results show that it was a big year… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.The in-house psychologist at St John says the Whakaari eruption was the first volcanic episode its staff would have responded to. Wednesday marks one year since the volcano off the coast of Whakatane… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.A survey of more than 3600 households has revealed one in three are earning less now than they were in February due to Covid-19. Conducted by the Commission for Financial Capability, the survey found… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Kiwi golfer Adam Taylor has been playing four rounds of golf a day over the last week for charity. After his own battle with cancer he wanted to give back so all money raised is going to the Cancer… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Cook Islanders say they're seriously stretched to their limits, and need the travel bubble to open, not just for tourism but for essential health Services. New Zealand government officials visited… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Extended family members of those who died in the Whakaari White Island Eruption say it has been a Battle to get Grief Counselling following the tragedy. The Government is promising to roll out greater… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.It's time for the Monday markets with our Minister of Fruit and Vege Glenn Forsyth - Nathan has now dubbed him Pope of Salads and the latest for fruit heading into Christmas. Audio

5:08 AM.A recovery team in Australia has found the Space Capsule carrying the first large quantities of rock from an asteroid. The samples were collected by a Japanese spacecraft called Hayabusa-2, which… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Cook Island tourism operators are upset and confused after New Zealand's Covid Minister Chris Hipkins rules out a travel bubble by Christmas. The New Zealand Government sent a team to investigate… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.One of the leading voices demanding Democracy for Hong Kong has been sent to prison for over a year. 24-year-old Joshua Wong was sentenced to 13-and-a-half months imprisonment for his part in… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Tomorrow the Auckland Art Gallery opens its Biggest Art Exhibition in its 132 year history. The exhibition will feature over 300 artworks by 120 Maori Artists spanning 70 years of work throughout the… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.December's 5+ A Day recommendations from our Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:10 AM.You shall go to the ball! The enchanting tale of Cinderella with a 2020 twist is wowing Wellington audiences for this year's Circa Theatre pantomime. Cinderella lives in a leaky room on Mt Victoria… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Figures released overnight show more than 3000 people died of covid-19 in the US yesterday. This is a record number of deaths due to the virus. Some projections show another 150,000 people could die… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.New Zealand declared a climate emergency yesterday vowing to go carbon neutral with all buildings going green and all new cars going electric by 2025. The move sees us join 32 other nations in… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.The US Justice Department is investigating an alleged 'bribery for pardon scheme' at the White House in exchange for a Presidential Pardon. Court records unsealed yesterday show a request from August… Read more Audio