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5:06 AM.Knife crime is making headlines in the UK - and police are being urged to use controversial stop and search powers - Henry Riley has more from London Audio

5:52 AM.When Emily King sent the invite to her daughter's first birthday, she didn't intend to invite everybody on her contact list.. she talked with Nathan Rarere about the awkward situation she found… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Comedian Ed Amon would have like to have been in Vanuatu right now - he says there's nothing funny about the collapse of Air Vanuatu Audio

5:25 AM.David Tua's signed some gloves for charity - Tiana Barns talks interesting auctions on TradeMe Audio

5:16 AM.Anas Mallick has all the news out of South Asia - where India is dealing with the world's biggest election and a billboard disaster in Mumbai Audio

5:12 AM.Bevan Hurley's covering the Trump trial, where the former President's ex-fixer Michael Cohen has spent another day on the witness stand Audio

5:06 AM.It's Federal Budget week in Australia - Pam Corkery tells us what the Aussie Government's priorities are. Audio

5:50 AM.Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks social investment and Government's policy on gangs Audio

5:44 AM.Auckland city centre residents group spokesman Adam Parkinson says a turnover of cars is good for local business Audio

5:34 AM.A year after a brush with cancer, golfer Michael Hendry has a win on the Japanese golf tour Audio

5:24 AM.Canoeist Aimee Fisher has beaten Dame Lisa Carrington in a world cup event just months out from the 2024 Olympic Games - she talked with RNZ's Felicity Reid Audio

5:16 AM.Japan adds Fin whales to its commercial catch list - Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo Audio

5:05 AM.Rishi Sunak has made a major election year speech - Henry Riley reports from London Audio

5:53 AM.You can store eggs for up to 12 months in lime-water?? Who knew? And what is lime water?? Leonard Powell finds out from preserve and pickle champion Ellen Schindler. Audio

5:46 AM.While we were seeing pretty lights and going WOW, Space James saw science things like nitrogen, oxygen and argon.. he talked with Nathan Rarere. Audio

5:25 AM.Winter appears to have arrived at the produce markets - so it's mandarin and kumara time with Glenn Forsyth Audio

5:25 AM.Cameron Leslie is back for his fourth Paralympics - he talked with sports reporter Felicity Reid about his three young children watching him for the first time. Audio

5:16 AM.Representing Samoa at Eurovision is our Sweden-based correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund Audio

5:05 AM.In his last appearance on First Up as Newshub's North America correspondent, Mitch McCann looks at US reaction to Israel's assault on Rafah and the Trump trial in New York Audio

5:51 AM.The Wiggles are heading our way - Nathan talks with the Red (Simon) and Yellow (Tsehay) Wiggles on the eve of their 2024 tour. Audio

5:45 AM.Structured literacy is heading to a classroom near you - but what is it exactly?? RNZ Explainers editor Katie Kenny fills us in Audio

5:24 AM.Pumpkin varieties and Jazz Junior apples are leading the fruit and veggie charge this week from the markets with Glenn Forsyth with Fruit of the Week - New Zealand persimmons Audio

5:17 AM.An airliner in Senegal has skidded off the runway - Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Ghana Audio

5:12 AM.Vanuatu's national airline hits the skids - but the island nation is still the happiest on earth - Kalafi Moala reports from Tonga Audio

5:06 AM.Stormy Daniels is back on the stand in Donald Trump's hush money trial - Bevan Hurley is covering the case from New York Audio