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5:05 AM.We begin this morning in Europe - our correspondent this morning in Sweden is Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:53 AM.Tuesday's question time in Parliament turned tense after Greens co-leader Marama Davidson was asked to leave the House. It all started when ACT MP James McDowal asked why ethnicity was a factor on the… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.As industrial action continues, unionised teachers are refusing to take part in all extra curricular activity around the country today. But union members involved with the national Big Sing event have… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.As winter sniffles set in there's still a lot of Covid out there too. There were more than 8 thousand new cases of Covid-19 reported in Aotearoa last week, and 39 more deaths due to the virus… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.Our Middle-East based correspondent is Alex Baird. Audio

5:05 AM.Let's begin in Australia - joining Nathan Rarere from Brisbane is our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio

5:53 AM.Booking tickets to go see your favourite artists has been getting more expensive. Some feel, sneakily so. Some ticketing agents also charge a booking fee, a payment processing fee and a handling fee -… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.The government is abandoning a funding condition of an extension that they added to the early childhood education policy in March. Currently the scheme offers three-to-five year olds 20 hours of free… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.A new business lane just opened up in the business sector, Heybarn is an online service that's matches those with available space to those who don't have enough. It was launched earlier this year and… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time now for the Local Democracy Reporting part of our programme and today we're catching up on the news of Taranaki with Craig Ashworth. The push for sea-bed mining off the coast there has a new… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To the Pacific now - joining Nathan Rarere from the Marshall Islands is our correspondent Kalafi Moala. Audio

5:52 AM.Life just got a bit easier for some drivers with a NEW highway north of Auckland. At long last, the rubber is hitting the road on the new 18.5 kay section of State highway 1. Prime Minister Chris… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Secondary school teachers could continue rolling strikes for better pay, after three days of bargaining between the teachers' union and the Ministry of Education failed to reach a settlement. Now the… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.To the fresh produce markets now with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:15 AM.And it's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund in sweltering Sweden. Audio

5:06 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent is Mitch McCann - who joins the programme from New York. Audio

5:52 AM.Any listeners who were lingering on the terraces of Carisbrook around the turn of the century will like the sound of this next story.... A group of former Highlanders players have got the gang back… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Latest figures show the country has tipped into recession and economists are warning the decline will continue for some time. The economy contracted for two consecutive quarters, with gross domestic… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.The New Zealand SailGP team has taken a few lessons onboard after their dramatic grand final loss last month... as they get ready for their next race in Chicago. The new expanded series starts this… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.Fridays mean many things to many people, but to most of us it means the second appearance on First Up for this week from our Minister of Fruit and Vegetables, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Vitor… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.To Africa now - standing by in First Up's studio in Accra, the capital of Ghana, is Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:05 AM.To North America now - looking at all the news from two continents is our corrrespondent in New York Bevan Hurley. Audio

5:47 AM.Our reporter Leonard Powell discovered a 61 cent discrepancy per litre for unleaded 91 across the Tamaki Makaurau. That adds up to a thirty dollar difference for filling up an average 50 litre tank… Read more Audio