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5:45 AM.Crime is in the headlines again, with yet another dairy attack in Mt Roskill on Wednesday, and a ram raid in Thames overnight on Thursday. Yesterday was also 100 days until the election. ACT party… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The Black Ferns locks call themselves the "locky lalas" and the trio are a driving force in the scrum and a driving force behind the team's success. While only two of Maia Roos, Chelsea Bremner and… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is on assignment in Australia - setting up a high commission or something.. So in his place is associate Minister Martin Pupuke.. Audio

5:10 AM.We're off to Africa now - joining me from Ghana's capital Accra is our correspondent Nabil Ahmed.. Morena Nabil!! Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the United States, where the've celebrated July 4 this week with the traditional round of mass shootings, joining me from New York is our correspondent Bevan Hurley.. Morena… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.The Human Rights Commission has just this morning released the final report from its two-year housing inquiry. It shows housing affordability has significantly dropped over the last three decades, and… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.Bearded Dragons, Leopard gecko's, Blue Tongue Skinks, not the first animals that spring to mind when you think of adoption. But a Warkworth animal lover, who has converted her father's home into an… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.Businessman and director of the charity Kiwi K.A.R.E Tenby Powell has returned to Ukraine and right back into the thick of it, delivering aid and care to people in the worst hit parts of the country… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.We're heading straight to the UK now, joining the programme from London is our correspondent Ellie Jay.. Morena Ellie! Audio

5:50 AM.The Government says the current health workforce has a shortfall of eight-thousand nurses, doctors and other health professionals On Tuesday Health Minister Ayesha Verall unveiled The Health Workforce… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Now, it's school holidays, the ski season has kicked off with a flurry, and more and more international flights are returning to Aotearoa. Stats NZ figures show about 1.4 million tourists came here in… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.It's been two and a half weeks since the Ara Tuhono Puhoi to Warkworth motorway opened to drivers. The project cost nearly a billion dollars, and extends Auckland's Northern Motorway from Johnstones… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe, a landmark Devonport church conversion is up for grabs - this iconic building has had a stunning renovation Audio

5:13 AM.Israel's bloody incursion against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank continues with growing calls for the protection of civilians and fears the tense situation could explode into another… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We begin the morning across the Tasman, I'm joined by Pam Corkery in Brisbane.. Audio

5:49 AM.The government is taking the first step towards removing the postcode lottery for public hospital surgery. From now, people with mildly reduced vision will have earlier access to cataract operations… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Last week we heard about the price of fuel on Waiheke Island, today its the cost of the commute. Fullers' new price increases came into effect over the weekend, with a 19 percent rise. A return trip… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.In Australia a young Rugby League prodigy is tearing through his local league, setting all sorts of try scoring records. 6 year old Parker Tennant has scored a whopping 89 tries this season for the… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.Time now for the local democracy reporting part of our programme. Today it's the turn of Nelson reporter Max Freethy. Audio

5:12 AM.Time now to head to Japan where the country is set to finally allow the 'morning after' contraceptive pill to be obtained over the counter at pharmacies. And in another big step, the head of the… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We begin today's programme in the UK - Anna Thomas caught up with London correspondent Henry Riley and began by asking him about the pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to cut immigration numbers.

5:52 AM.To politics now, and we're welcoming Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi to First Up this morning, to join our regular catch-up with political leaders. Te Pāti Māori has been in the headlines this… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.It's an exciting day at Mount Ruapehu today... The school holidays have begun, and the snow is falling! The $5 million funding from the government has allowed the Turoa and Whakapapa skifields to… Read more Audio