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5:36 AM.Heading to the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa now, where staff and students at Wairoa College are shaving their heads to support one of their own. Fifteen year old Jhalena Lafaiki has been diagnosed with… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Time to catch up with the neighbourhood of Tauranga with local democracy reporter Alisha Evans. And the BoP capital is having it's own carpark controversy. Audio

5:18 AM.To Japan now, where the country has recorded its hottest November day in a hundred years. Meanwhile, Japan has been hosting the G7 summit of foreign ministers, which was dominated by talks about the… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with UK correspondent Henry Riley about Rishi Sunak's removal of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. Audio

5:50 AM.A 96 year old Auckland man recently completed the monumental task of walking to the summit of One Tree Hill everyday for a month.

Logan Campbell Retirement Village resident Russell Parrish used the… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Summer's getting closer, and many of us will be keen to jump back into the water again as the days get hotter. But New Zealand has one of the highest drowning rates in the OECD. Drowning Prevention… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Monday's a chance to wipe the slate clean, forget the eating habits of the past and jump on the health food train - joining us now is a man more than willing to clip your ticket on the Fruit and… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To Europe now, joining us with from Germany is correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

5:05 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann kicks the week off from New York. Audio

4:04 PM.Now the story of a witch - the baddest witch in all the world! She can turn children into sausages, she turns policemen into apple trees and bananas into mice!

Badjelly the Witch, written by the… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Covid cases in Aotearoa right now are on the rise, suggesting we are in our fifth wave of the virus. The latest figures from Te Whatu Ora show there were 5,872 Covid cases in the last week… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.It's been nearly a month since election day and a week since the special votes were counted. And the secretive talks for a new government are still ongoing! What does ACT want? What does New Zealand… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is with us, it's Glenn Forsyth! Fruit of the Week: NZ Tomatoes Audio

5:15 AM.The biggest story in the Pacific this week is the Pacific Island Forum being held in the Cook Islands - joining us from there is Kalafi Moala. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's begin in the United States, joining us from New York is Bevan Hurley. Audio

5:51 AM.Despite losing their last four matches on the bounce, the Blackcaps are still in the hunt to qualify for the semi finals at the Cricket World Cup in India. They play Sri Lanka this evening in… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.To Israel now - joining us from Tel Aviv is correspondent Sarah Coates. Audio

5:25 AM.Time now to check in with the neighbourhood of Rotorua... local democracy reporter Laura Smith joins us. Audio

5:16 AM.To Europe now, Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund joins us from Sweden. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's kick Thursday off in the UK, joining Nathan Rarere from London is Henry Riley. Audio

5:53 AM.It's long been described as "the race that stops a nation", but is the Melbourne Cup as popular as it once was? Whilst it's been criticised for exploiting horses and their jockeys, it's also the TAB's… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.If you're a horror movie fan then Auckland's Silo Theatre has got the show for you with a twist. George Romero's 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead will be performed live with actors providing… Read more Audio

5:39 AM.Faith Vui dreams of becoming the first Samoan to play on the LPGA Tour and the 18-year-old took a step towards that by writing her name into New Zealand golfing history on the weekend. Vui became the… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.This week on TradeMe - a classic Ford Mustang, stripes and all .. and a palatial Waiheke property complete with infinity pool. But we can't forget it's Movember and you have a chance to name… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.To Africa now - our correspondent in Ghana is Nabil Ahmed Rufai. Audio