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5:24 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth updates us on the best buys for the weekend from the fresh producer markets with a push to enjoy the last of leeks and we hear about horticultural exports… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.More than 37 thousand people have signed a petition calling for better after birth care for women. Rotorua based personal trainer Kirsty Watt wants women to get pelvic health checks from a qualified… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.It's the time of the week where we speak to one of our local leaders. We're joined today by the Mayor of Matamata-Piako, Ash Tanner. Audio

5:48 AM.More than twenty young people have escaped from Youth Justice Residences since 2015 - some spending almost two weeks on the run. The figures were obtained by RNZ, following a high-profile manhunt for… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A victim of the Christchurch mosque attacks says seeing the gunman in court made him realise how weak he really is. Mustafa Boztas travelled from Turkey and spent two weeks in managed isolation to be… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients could be used to treat newly infected patients. This is known as convalescent plasma, taken from patients who have recovered from the coronavirus, which may… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.The health minister says officials will not "join the dots" between people getting covid-19 tests and whether they are here on a valid visa. Pacific leaders have raised concern that unlawful… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.Women who've lost their jobs due to Covid-19 are being forced to either retrain or seek work well below their skill level. The pandemic has disproportionately affected women's employment, with… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.Indira catches up with our Australian correspondent broadcaster and former Alliance MP Pam Corkery. The Aussie Rules final looks to held in Queensland and growing scepticism of a potential Covid-19… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.The government is providing 19.5 million dollars towards increasing the resourcing and capacity of those working towards combating the virus within Pacific communities. Five key priority areas are… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The two biggest Pacific primary care providers have joined together to offer help and covid testing to the Pacific community in South Auckland - after an appeal for help from churches. South Seas… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.The Race Relations Commissioner says he has been inspired by the victims of the March 15th attacks this week during the sentencing. He hopes the sentencing will lead to more conversations and action… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Every week we take a look at a unique Kiwi business, and this week we've been hearing about a new way of gardening. 'GroTowers' - that's G-R-O, have been designed by husband and wife team, Clive and… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.To the US, where the Republican Party's presidential election year convention kicked off yesterday, with President Donald Trump accepting the party's nomination. The Convention takes place over four… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Auckland will remain in Level 3 lockdown until midnight Sunday, when the supercity will join the rest of country at Alert Level 2 However, mass gatherings will still be restricted - meaning groups of… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.While the government has been scrambling since March to get disadvantaged students devices and internet access for online learning during the lockdown, one South Auckland Principal has found a way to… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A father whose son died during the Christchurch mosque attacks will be one of the last to give his victim impact statement during the sentencing this week. Fourteen year old, Sayyad Milne was shot in… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.How does winning an auction for lunch with a public servant sound? No, not Jim from Gliding On - the Cancer Society reckons Dr Ashley Bloomfield is a more appropriate 2020 lunch companion. As Ruby… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.It's all hands on deck at the Auckland City Mission, close to two weeks after it was announced the city would be going back to alert level 3. Demand for food parcels trebelled during the first… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.Indira spoke with our correspondent Henry Riley in the UK where Boris Johnson seems determined to get children back to school. Audio

5:52 AM.Nour Travis was a victim of the Al Noor Mosque attack in Christchurch on March 15th last year. The 49-year-old father of two managed to escape when the first shooting took place but his two best… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque gunman begins today at the Christchurch High Court. The hearing is to be held over the next four days. The gunman is being sentenced on 51 counts of murder… Read more Audio