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5:13 AM.Time to look at what's trending on social media now with Ellie Jay. Audio

5:09 AM.To the US where President Donald Trump has suggested that November's presidential election should be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results. Giles Gibson… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Fans of the board game Dungeons and Dragons are being treated to a theatre production of a game at Circa Theatre in Wellington over the next few Sundays. We were desperate to know more about it but… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.We've unrolled our map of New Zealand again - and this week our dart's landed on Taupo - where David Trewavas has been mayor since 2013, he talks with Indira Stewart. Audio

5:44 AM.A student who caught a man stalking her and taking dozens of inappropriate photos of her as she shopped in an Auckland pharmacy says she feels let down by police who told her they could do nothing… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.It was an early morning in Devonport yesterday, as HMNZS Aotearoa was officially commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy. The half-a-billion dollar logistics support vessel travelled from South… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 AM.New Zealand number 1 Ryan Fox says three months will be his limit on the European Golf Tour. Fox returned to the European Tour last week and just four days after arriving in the UK managed a top ten… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.A record store owner in Auckland's Queen Street says the city's central shopping district has been forced to adapt quickly to the economic rigours of Covid-19. Marbecks Record Store opened in 1934 and… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.A new government policy aims to shift the burden of waste management from communities and councils back onto business making the waste. The Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage has announced… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Indira speaks with our Queensland based commentator, former Alliance MP Pam Corkery who updates us on new cases of Covid in her state. Audio

5:52 AM.A Kiwi in the UK forced to return home due to a medical condition says she cannot afford to pay for managed isolation when she returns and is calling on the government for compassion. Mel Sloan was… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.New Zealand risked slipping into a master and servant relationship with China had it not taken action to support Hong Kong, says one academic. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced New… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.A workers advocate says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought substantial pressure onto the Employment Relations Authority. Advocates help workers bring their claims of mistreatment by employers forward… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.National party MPs are no longer singing from the same song sheet on whether Maori should be allowed to switch electoral rolls. There have been renewed calls from frustrated Maori who are being… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Every week we have a look at a unique New Zealand business. This week we spoke to 12-year-old Antoni Mackenzie from Kings College who fixes phone charging cables. Louise Ternouth and camera man Simon… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Legendary American film critic Leonard Maltin and a Kiwi film buff have collaborated to produce a new board game. The new game - Leonard Maltin's King of Movies - had its beginnings in Ant Timpson's… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.In Washington DC, Attorney-General William Barr is testifying before Congress right now. In his opening remarks to the hearing, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler said William Barr failed to… Read more Audio

5:56 AM.If the Auckland property market is a little too hot for you, perhaps a piece of Mars might be a little cooler. And that's not the only cool thing on TradeMe this week - a bus dressed as a shark is… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.The leader of the New Zealand Public Party says he didn't encourage the escape of the family who absconded from a managed isolation facility in Hamilton on Friday. Billy Te Kahika says the family were… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.The Electoral Commission is encouraging early voting at this year's election, to protect people from a potential covid outbreak. Advance voting will begin two days earlier and there'll be more polling… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A new report has valued New Zealand's little-known photonics industry at more than a billion dollars. Photonics use light for sensing, manufacturing, and transmitting information - much in the same… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.The Sustainable Energy Forum says investigating a hydro scheme in an Otago lake doesn't make much sense. The government has announced a 30-million-dollar investigation into options which would make… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.Lockdown was a stressful time for many in New Zealand, taking a toll on our wellbeing. One company wanted to reduce some of the stress, so they made the HAY app, it stands for "How are you." Some… Read more Audio