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5:41 AM.It felt like summer for many part of New Zealand yesterday - with temperatures soaring across the country - the highest hitting 34.5 degrees celsius in the Bay of Plenty's town of Kawerau. Canterbury… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.It's time for a look at the weekend's sport with Barry Guy Audio

5:23 AM.First Up's weekend look at everything fruit and vegetable with Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:17 AM.An Indian-born New Zealand citizen wants to see immigration policy that's based around Indian culture. About 100 people gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square yesterday protesting against what they call… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.We also love finding out who is up and about early like us. And long before the supermarket doors open, staff are working to make sure everything you need is ready to go. Early one morning First Up's… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 AM.It's been a week since Dunedin's new, 35-year-old, hitch-hiking Green party Mayor was sworn in - so now that Aaron Hawkins feet are firmly under the table, we decided to catch up with him and see how… Read more Audio

5:40 AM.Let's go to business now where every morning we answer a question of currnt interest. And this morning that's whether a further interestrate cut by the Reserve Bank is more or less likely in a couple… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.Time to look at what's good in the Fruit and veg world this weekend, on the line is our minister for fruit and veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:13 AM.To Japan, where some New Zealanders are trying to make a profit on their Rugby World Cup final tickets - and they're trying to pocket as much as ten thousand dollars a piece. First Up's Katrina Batten… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.To the UK now, where a report into the Grenfell Tower fire says fewer people would have died if the tower block had been evacuated sooner. 72 people died in the blaze at the west London tower block on… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Now a community of Rockhopper fans have banded together to push for the Rockhopper penguin to win this year's Bird of the year crown. Rockhoppers are known as 'climate change canaries' because their… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.The Opposition has reignited the debate over "no jab, no pay" - with National's leader Simon Bridges throwing his support behind such a policy. The party yesterday issued a discussion document on… Read more Audio

5:40 AM.And now to business, where each day one of our team looks at a current issue .. and today it seems we've had it all wrong about the number of people settling here. Here's business editor, Gyles… Read more Audio

5:28 AM.There is still a month to go before summer, but the Christchurch City Council is already planning to introduce water restrictions - and there is no end in sight for chlorination. Water is a… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.A Christchurch woman who believes the Gumboot Fund saved her son's life is pleading for the government to prop it up. Read more Audio

5:10 AM.We go to California for the 3rd day in a row where hurricane force winds are fanning the flames of now three huge wildfires across Southern California. The Kincade Fire, has scorched more than 76,000… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.The new Riverside Market in Christchurch has brought revival to the city's hub and one Muslim woman says it's given her her life back. Read more Video, Audio

5:47 AM.We head now to California in the US where more than 200,000 residents been evacuated as firecrews race to gain control of the worsening wildfires that have raged the state for days. A state of… Read more Audio