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5:08 AM.You've just heard about the opening of the border at Rafah - UK citizens have been given the all clear to leave, but their departure from Gaza will be done in stages - joining Nathan Rarere from the… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.At the Cricket World Cup the Black Caps lost a nail-biter to Australia over the weekend, but the team remains in the hunt for a semifinal with three round robin matches remaining.

In a show of poetic… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Halloween was last night, you may have had some kids in costumes knocking at your door, maybe some people doing donuts down your culdesac. In serendipitous timing, Halloween coincided with the first… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Something you might not have thought about before is the carbon footprint of your furniture.

But it turns out the foam filling in your couch produces an enormous amount of CO2.

Celine Sandberg is an… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.Time now to talk business! And there's a big report coming out today from the Reseve Bank - about New Zealand's financial system resilience. The RBNZ says we compare well with other advanced… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.To the Middle-East now - with First Up from Doha is Alex Baird. Audio

5:12 AM.To the Pacific now - joining the programme from Tonga is Kalafi Moala Audio

5:06 AM.Let's kick things off in Australia - with us from Brisbane is Pam Corkery. Audio

5:46 AM.This Friday the official results of the election are revealed - including all those special votes. From there - the National party will form a new coalition government... And how those special votes… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.An Australian teenager has become a world champion in an elite sport. 14-year-old Charlie Eggins from Brisbane broke the record for blindfolded speed-cubing by 0.68 of a second. He started by telling… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.A popular South African TikToker who allegedly claimed to be a doctor has been arrested, nearly three weeks after authorities accused him of being a fraud. Audio

5:09 AM.A senior U.K. civil servant who worked closely with Boris Johnson turned on WhatsApp's controversial disappearing messages function in a group used by government figures, weeks before the then-prime… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Belarus has called on Russia and Ukraine to negotiate an end to the conflict as it is now come to a stalemate. Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko who is an ally of Russian president Vladimir… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Yesterday the All Blacks lost a dramatic Rugby World Cup final to South Africa, going down by just a point in Paris. The Springboks won 12 - 11, and become the first team to win the World Cup four… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.On the other side of the world in the Netherlands, a Dutch couple is getting ready for their 65th wedding anniversary. But Cor and Miep Bierenbroodspot's marriage story begins all the way back in the… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Joining us from Paris is rugby reporter Joe Porter Audio

5:25 AM.With Nathan Rarere from the fresh produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this week in North America, correspondent Katherine Firkin is in New York City Audio

5:50 AM.Crunch time, the business end, Winner takes all, the big dance, the final countdown, Das finale Countdown, El cuenta regresiva Finaal! .. all the marbles, The moment of truth, The final boss stage, -… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.The Israeli miltary says it has carried out a significant incursion into the Gaza Strip to attack Hamas positions. An IDF spokesman, says that troops carried out what it called a targeted raid towards… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The weather's getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and another domestic cricket season is upon us. While the one day and twenty-twenty competitions generally gather healthy crowds, the four… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veges, and possibly the healthiest man on the planet Glenn Forsyth joins the programme. Fruit of the Week: R2E2 Mangoes. Audio

5:14 AM.The big story out of the USA this morning is the mass shooting in Maine - a suspect has been named. Correspondent Bevan Hurley joins Nathan Rarere for the latest. Audio