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5:51 AM.Labour's Carmel Sepuloni gives her take on yesterday's Budget Audio

5:49 AM.Our reporters hit the streets yesterday to see what you thought of the Budget? Audio

5:43 AM.Nathan spoke with Business editor Gyles Beckford about how business will be feeling about the Budget. Audio

5:23 AM.Rain and hail smashed parts of the country this week - Glenn Forsyth tells us how our fruit and veggie crops have coped. Fruit of the Week: Australian melons Audio

5:17 AM.The first results are posted in South Africa's election - Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Africa Audio

5:12 AM.Samoan author Sia Figiel is arrested on suspicion of murder, Kalafi Moala has all the news out of the Pacific Audio

5:06 AM.The jury's deliberating in the Trump hush money trial - Bevan Hurley is in New York Audio

5:52 AM.Wellington businessman Mike Burrell is on a mission to get the use of saunas to become a mainstream part of New Zealand life. So much so, he's built a portable sauna and parks it up around beautiful… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Covid hospital admissions are the highest since December of 2022, RNZ Explainers Editor Katie Kenny crunches the numbers Audio

5:36 AM.Palmerston North's controversial cycleway continues to cause controversy, at least one business has moved due to the new road design as Jimmy Ellingham reports. Audio

5:25 AM.Lauren Pattemore from Queenstown's Crux tells Nathan about a large Wanaka property meant to become a mega film studio maybe 'dead'; Queenstown workers forced to leave NZ after visa changes and the… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.A heatwave is hitting India and Pakistan and there's a butter chicken war in New Delhi - Anas Mallick has latest from South Asia Audio

5:12 AM.In Euro news - there have been police raids at the European Parliament in the Hague - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the latest Audio

5:06 AM.They're in full election mode in the UK - Ellie Jay updates us on the latest from the campaign trail Audio

5:54 AM.Neighbours of the abandoned Gulf Harbour Country Club sick of the course looking unloved have taken matters into their own hands, with some buying their own ride-on mowers and using weed whackers to… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Airline accident investigator and lecturer at Ohio State University, Dr Shawn Pruchnicki talks about the reasons behind recent incidents of turbulence. Audio

5:27 AM.A Hamilton billboard, a dramatic and adventurous house in Devonport, Auckland and a Oldsmobile muscle car all impress Bradley Stockman from TradeMe this week. Audio

5:14 AM.An Israeli airstrike that caused a huge blaze at a tented area for displaced people in Rafah has killed 45 people, Middle-East correspondent Alex Baird has the latest. Audio

5:10 AM.US correspondent Bevan Hurley has the latest on the case against former US President Donald Trump Audio

5:05 AM.An Australian man has chased a speeding wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a muddy hill to claim victory in a world-famous competition. Pam Corkery has the latest from across the Tasman Audio

5:53 AM.Philip Duncan from Weather Watch talks about Autumn coming to an end Audio

5:46 AM.Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks with Nathan about her first Budget which will help the "squeezed middle", giving tax relief which she hopes won't be inflationary. Audio

5:36 AM.A delegation is currently in London in an attempt to negotiate the early return to Aotearoa of carvings from Hinemihi Te Ao Tawhito - a meeting house which survived the eruption of Tarawera in 1886… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Local democracy reporter Alka Prasad in South Auckland talks to Nathan about plans to find a new owner for Auckland Airport. Audio

5:16 AM.Our correspondent in Tokyo Chris Gilbert tells Nathan about China, Japan and South Korea summit seeing leaders discuss North Korea de-nuclearisation and Mr Donut apologises over faux meat pies. Audio