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5:39 AM.Why is it at times of crisis .. or perceived crisis do exchange rates bounce all around the place? Business editor Gyles Beckford explains. Audio

5:28 AM.This week from TradeMe - a veritable pot-pourri of interesting and quirky auctions. In the past few days we've seen, a perfectly preserved bubble car, a rusty old VW and dinner with the Leader of the… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Methamphetamine dealers who can prove their own personal addiction played a role in their offending are now eligible for a sentence reduced by up to thirty-percent. It's just one of many changes to… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has failed in his attempt to have another vote on Brexit in parliament. Speaker of the House John Bercow said he rejected the vote because nothing had changed… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.New Zealand First could do a u-turn on it's opposition to drug testing at festivals. Last month, Police Minister Stuart Nash said he had failed to legalise drug testing before summer because of New… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.For the first time ever a commercial airline has flown non-stop between New York and Sydney. 49 passengers and crew were onboard the Qantas test flight, which took 19 hours and 16 minutes to fly 16… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.To business now with this morning's business question - How are low interest rates affecting people who rely on their savings in retirement? Here with the answer is our business reporter Nona… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.First Up's weekend look at everything fruit and vegetable with Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:22 AM.The All Blacks marched into a mouth watering semi-final showdown with England at the Rugby World Cup after putting Ireland to the sword in the weekend's quarter-finals. The defending champions were in… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Balbir Singh Basra turns 80 next March, and while many of his contemporaries have long since retired from work and strenuous exercise, Balbir piles on the miles around the North Shore training for… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 AM.The government is leading a push to revitalise horse racing - an industry that has been dying a slow death for decades. To do this, it's pushing racing clubs in rural communities like Hawera, Winston… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.After a massive slip came down on State Highway 4 farmer Sarah Adams has found herself cut off from the outside world. She was one of more than 200 people who packed the Baptist Church in Raetihi… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.How do companies make their workforce more diverse? Our business reporter Madison Reidy has the answer. Audio

5:25 AM.First Up's weekend look at everything fruit and vegetable with Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:22 AM.Lambs and goats have been out in force at calf club days this Spring, with many rural schools deciding the risk of spreading the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is still too high to bring along… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Environmental groups are urging the government to crack down on commercial industries whose activities are harming the marine environment. The latest snapshot of the state of our oceans paints - yet… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A teenager from Auckland's North Shore has been awarded the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his night-time image of a bigfin reef squid. The annual awards are organised by London's Natural… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.The Australian Diamonds struck back in the Constellation Cup against the Silver Ferns in Auckland last night. They beat New Zealand 48-42 to square the series one-all, with two games left as the… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.A passerby has described the aftermath of a dramatic police chase yesterday afternoon that ended with a car crashing onto a platform at a South Auckland train station and the driver being tasered. The… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.The battle for the world's steepest street is headed to court - kind of. Ffordd Pen Llech in the Welsh resort of Harlech dethroned Dunedin's Baldwin Street as the world's steepest street in July. But… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.On Budget Day this year, First Up visited Tāmaki College in Auckland to find out what the students there wanted to see in the government's budget - but while we were there, several of the students… Read more Video, Audio