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5:44 AM.With the year we've had, you might be excused for getting the tree up early in a bid to bring some early Christmas cheer and if you haven't put up your Christmas tree yet, you might be in the… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Christchurch's main anchor project - the Metro Sports facility is making steady progress but delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic means it's now two years away from operating. It will be the largest… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.The wife of one of the men killed in the Pike River mine says leaked information about what has been found during the re-entry into the mine could undermine any future court action. Twenty-nine men… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.New research has found that Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand universities are paid less and have a significantly lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues. The authors of the… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.American couple Matt and Lauren Urey were on their honeymoon on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Ovation of the Seas when they signed up for an excursion to Whakaari/White Island. Both suffered… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.A Wellington based employment law specialist says that a four-day working week sounds great, but it's not without complication. New Zealand employees of global consumer giant Unilever are the latest… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.For a look at the flower markets heading in to the Christmas and summer seasons, Nathanspoke to Tony Hayes, the CEO of United Flower Growers. Audio

5:06 AM.To the US - joining Nathan Rarere from Washington for all the latest on the dying days of the Trump administration is our correspondent Simon Marks. Audio

5:53 AM.Would you pay $3.50 to drive through Auckland's central city at rush hour? That's what's being considered to handle our largest city's traffic problems. The report, completed by a joint Government and… Read more Audio

5:39 AM.Residents in the Porirua suburb of Plimmerton were unexpectedly visited by kura/crayfish as the flooding carried some of them down the valley. Heavy rain on Sunday afternoon meant 15 homes were deemed… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.The families of those who died in the CTV building's collapse during the Christchurch Earthquake in February of 2011 are vowing to continue their Fight For Justice after The Independent Police Conduct… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.We're 6 weeks out from tip-off in the Australian National Basketball League and the New Zealand Breakers have been forced to delay their departure across the Tasman. New Zealand Breakers owner Matt… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.This week's TradeMe real estate feature is an absolutely magnificent property in 'Omokaroa' near Tauranga. Ataahua is described by the agent as a "beautiful Italian-Kiwi affair", boasting more than 6… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.To our UK correspondent Alex Cadier who updates us on the lockdown Tier system and what pubs and restaurants can get away with and how many people they can serve. Audio

5:53 AM.Plimmerton locals will be looking to the skies this morning in the hope they get a reprieve from the flash flooding which left at least 15 homes uninhabitable and turned streets into raging rivers… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.New Zealand's Parliament is expected to declare a climate emergency on Wednesday, a move which was a long time coming for many. None more so than Ollie Langridge, who spent 100 days straight - rain or… Read more Audio

5:40 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere to talk about a great weekend for our cricketers is former Black Cap Peter McGlashan. Audio

5:36 AM.It wasn't just on the rugby pitch that New Zealand sport was utterly dominant over the weekend. The Black Caps pummelled the West Indies in their second T-20 at Mt Maunganui's Bay Oval, Glenn Phillips… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Live from the Monday produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth, answering your questions about fresh produce prices and supermarket mark-ups and what's best in the fruit and… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.We're rightly proud of our native plants and animals here in New Zealand, but given the number of species that have become extinct since humans came along, .. why not introduce Aussie equivalents of… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Auckland's water restrictions will be eased in a few weeks after the region's lingering drought. The city has been under restrictions since May, when water levels across all reservoirs fell to just… Read more Audio