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5:23 AM.We're off to the markets for our first fruit and vege report for summer, good morning Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:10 AM.Hospitality business owners in Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough are struggling to fill summer job vacancies, with some reporting not a single application from the typically abundant visitor workforce… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Let's begin in Samoa where Christmas celebrations are being cancelled in as the death toll from a measles outbreak continues to climb. 48 people - mainly children - have now died. Our reporter Logan… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.Two ukulele maestros from Hawaii are in New Zealand this week sharing their aloha through music. Award-winning artists Bryan Toletino and Halehaku Seabury regularly travel around the world running… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 AM.Children's Minister Tracey Martin hopes to see remand homes in every community in New Zealand. Designed to hold young people who've found themselves in the Youth Justice System, the aim is to make… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 AM.Today Glenn reports on summer on stone fruit. Audio

5:10 AM.The Wizard of OZ is set to grace the Aotea Centre stage in Auckland this Friday - but you have to get in quick because there are only four shows. It's being put on by the National Youth Theatre… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 AM.Every Thursday we check in with a mayor from somewhere around the country, this week we've got new Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell. Audio

5:45 AM.On this day in 1979, Air New Zealand aircraft Flight TE901 left Mangere airport in Auckland, for an 11-hour return flight to Antarctica. What was supposed to have been a memorable sightseeing trip for… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.A New Zealand dairy start-up's crowdfunding campaign reached its $300,000 target before its launch party had even started. Happy Cow Milk Company's aim is to make the dairy industry kinder, greener… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.A new art exhibition which takes an intimate look at what it means to be 18 and a woman in New Zealand launches tonight in Auckland. It's called 18 X 18, and it covers topics like Islamophobia… Read more Audio

5:57 AM.Yesterday's questions and answers: 1/. What was the name of Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee? Bubbles 2/. What is the nickname for New Orleans in the USA? The Big Easy 3/. What did the Normans conquer… Read more Audio

5:50 AM.The world's first HIV positive sperm bank launches today hoping to reduce the stigma still felt by those living with the virus. It's called 'Sperm Positive' and currently has three donors signed up… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Council staff will be going on a wild goose chase over the coming few weeks - as they try to round up the 170 or so geese living in Auckland's Western Springs. Nita Blake-Person spoke to Agnes… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.An American lawyer and a New Zealand teenager have joined forces to lobby for greater toilet access for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. About 20,000 New Zealanders suffer with IBD - needing… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Two kakapo whose entire species was threatened by a deadly fungal disease are being returned to their island homes today. Nine of the critically-endangered parrots died as a result of a rampant… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.The navigator on a Polynesian vaka currently making its way around Aotearoa/New Zealand is helping youth in her native Tahiti to re-learn the ways of the sea. Moeata Galenon is an employment… Read more Video, Audio

5:57 AM.This week we're testing the general knowledge of our listeners who are up early like us. The questions have been prepared by our quiz master who's former journalist and semi retired high school… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Crossing to the UK now, with our correspondent Alex Cadier. Audio

5:38 AM.Moeraki locals are upset at the increasing amount of visitors etching their names into the famous boulders. They're asking DOC and the Waitaki District Council to put a stop to the behaviour, which… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Do you prefer red or green apples? People have traditionally favoured red-skinned apples but soon they may become a luxury food item due to climate change. Warmer temperatures are affecting the… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Are you just a little over your traditional Christmas tree? How does a smoke-breathing, Godzilla shaped tree sound to you? For more on Tree-zilla and other interesting auctions on TradeMe this week… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.A hard hitting report into winter grazing practices has made 11 recommendations, but the true extent of the problem remains unknown. The special taskforce into winter grazing was set up in August… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.The National Park Chief Fire Officer says women shouldn't be afraid to join the ranks. Marilla Swift was recently part of regions first all-female response crew during a callout. She says it was a… Read more Audio