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5:49 AM.A Wellington woman says she was shocked to learn rest homes aren't required to provide oral care plans for residents after discovering her mother had lost two front teeth. Caroline says she visited… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.A school holiday programme is hoping to address the gender imbalance in the music industry. This week 42 girls, trans and non-binary young people are taking part in Girls Rock! Camp Poneke. They're… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 AM.To Manchester where about three hours ago New Zealand toppled India by 18 runs in the first semifinal that spanned two days at Old Trafford. The surprising victory came after three straight defeats… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.Instagram bullies are soon going to be asked to consider what they're saying before they post. The social media platform's announced it's rolling out two new features to tackle cyberbullying. Our… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.An early morning discussion here at First Up after the show yesterday, had the production team wondering about how often they wash their clothes and ourselves. According to a report out of the UK, we… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Beth Clayton asks what are milk companies such as Westland and Fonterra talking about when they mention retentions. Here's our business reporter, Kim Savage with the answer. Audio

5:26 AM.Rain called a time-out in the World Cup Semi-final between the Black Caps and India almost three hours ago leaving cricket fans anxiously waiting to find out whether the match will still go ahead. At… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.US President Donald Trump says his administration will no longer deal with the UK's ambassador to Washington after leaked messages sent from the ambassador to London were published in media. Sir Kim… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Angie-Warren Clark is a Labour List MP based in the Bay Of Plenty - and she's there by the slimmest of margins. At the 2017 election, she was 39th on the Labour party list, not high enough to become… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.A group of inspiring South Aucklanders are beating diabetes and obesity - and say they're getting their lives back - with the help of a man who's been there, done that. Counties Manukau DHB says its… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.Weather permitting, the first semi-final at this year's Cricket World Cup hits off tonight NZ time - between India and our very own Black Caps. Early in the tournament, our team was leading the… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.A 30 year old central Otago woman has taken out a world championship title at the the World Shearing Champs in France. Shearer Pagan Karauria won the All Nations Open wool-handling final last weekend… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.Mass protests have continued in Hong Kong with an estimated 250,000 people marching through Kowloon on Sunday against a proposed law that would allow extradition to China. The march is the latest in a… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.More than 140,000 New Zealanders have signed a petition calling for a National Cancer agency in what has become the country's biggest Cancer petition to date. Last week you might remember we spoke to… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.If I don't fill out a departure card when I get on a plane anymore.. how does anyone know if I'm leaving permanently or coming back? Here's our business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio

5:25 AM.We talk to Glenn about the sale of fireworks at Chinese fruit and vege shops years ago, getting best deals at farmers markets and pushing gold kiwifruit. Audio

5:10 AM.To the US now where two powerful earthquakes hit California in two days - with residents bracing themselves for more aftershocks to come. On Saturday our time a 7.1 magnitude quake rocked the state… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Work is already underway in Auckland on "pre-production" of Amazon's billion dollar plus Lord of the Rings television series, but what has changed in the years since Peter Jackson's movies began… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A Rotorua whanau's social media plea for information about a stolen pounamu from their son's grave site has been shared nearly four thousand times. For three years, the dark-green - circle-shaped… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Why does the NZX keep hitting record highs? Here with the answer is our business reporter, Madison Reidy. Audio

5:26 AM.This nasty weather has to be having some effect on fruit and vege availabillity and price - and there's only one man around who can tell us all about that - our Glenn Forsyth. Audio