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5:09 AM.UK correspondent Henry Riley talks about the new plans for military service and the annual cheese-rolling race on an unfeasibly steep hill in Gloucestershire. Audio

5:06 AM.Hundreds of towns are under water after heavy rains caused widespread flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Correspondent Kate Pereyra-Garcia has the latest from South… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker talks about being party of most extensive review of face masks that found mask wearing is definitely effective protection against COVID. Audio

5:44 AM.A misunderstanding over zoning has meant a new housing development north of Auckland has had no mail deliveries for a year. So when is rural actually rural? First Up's Leonard Powell finds out. Audio

5:23 AM.What happens on World Potato Day, First Up's Minister of Fruit and Veg digs deeper Audio

5:14 AM.Ten thousand people holding posters reading 'SOS Residents', and 'Enough of Mass Tourism' marched through the capital on Majorca and France is going for a massive clean up of the river Seine before… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Former US president Donald Trump gets booed at the Libertarian convention, US corrspondent Mitch McCann with all the details. Audio

5:53 AM.Epuni Street in Wellington's inner city has been formally renamed to Honiana Te Puni Street correcting a two century old mistake Audio

5:47 AM.What are the rules around e-Scooters? Explainers editor Katie Kenny has the details Audio

5:25 AM.It's soup season - the Minister, Glenn Forsyth, swoops in with his dad's famous 4-2-1 soup plus Fruit of the Week: NZ Beurre Bosc Pears Audio

5:18 AM.A Kenyan mountaineer has died on Mt Everest - Nabil Ahmed Rufai joined the programme from Ghana, Africa Audio

5:11 AM.Unrest continues in New Caledonia - Kalafi Moala updates us on events from French Polynesia Audio

5:05 AM.The US Department of Justice intends to break up the Ticketmaster and it's parent company Live Nation - Bevan Hurley has the details from New York. Audio

5:52 AM.Labour's Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni isn't impressed with the ditching of the First Home Grant Audio

5:47 AM.The government has axed the First Home Buyers Grant - mortgage broker Grant Patten talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

5:37 AM.Malkit Singh has become the first New Zealand Sikh to climb Mt Everest - he talked with Nathan Rarere from his hospital bed in Kathmandu Audio

5:26 AM.Our Northland reporter Peter de Graaf tells Nathan about a good over-population problem with too many kiwi on Moturoa Island and a bad over-population problem with too many kina around the coast. Audio

5:17 AM.Heavy flooding in Afghanistan kills hundreds - reporting from Kazakstan is Anas Mallick Audio

5:06 AM.Emmanuel Macron is due to land in Noumea - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the latest on news out of Europe Audio

5:51 AM.Weightlifter David Liti talks to Nathan about training for this year's Olympics being so very different from Tokyo, the mental strength required to lift very heavy things and hanging out with other… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Every month Leonard Powell visits the SPCA to learn about the different animals they look after and are trying to get adopted. Today he meets a rabbit "couple" looking for names and a couple of… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.A charity auction for a portable house with a $1 reserve leads the listings on TradeMe this week - but for the 80s kid who hasn't grown up - there's a SEGA arcade game for sale as Bradley Stockman… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Israel's Prime Minister thumbs his nose at the ICC - Alex Baird reports from Doha Audio

5:11 AM.President Trump's defence has rested in his hush-money trial - Bevan Hurley tells Nathan Rarere what happens next. Audio

5:06 AM.As our airforce brings Kiwis home from Noumea, Australia is doing the same - Pam Corkery joined the programme from across the Tasman Audio