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5:49 AM.Minister Ginny Anderson will join the Prime Minister at a graduation ceremony today in Porirua for police graduates. It comes as the Government announced an extra $11 million this week for its fog… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Commercial helicopter pilots who risked their own lives in the aftermath of the Whakaari White Island explosion were officially recognised yesterday receiving New Zealand Bravery awards for their… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.The Wellington high school student awarded a $25,000 education scholarship hopes to improve the broken mental health system which failed his father. Johnny Bentley-Cribb was just 11 years old when his… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Time now to find out what's happening round the regions. And today we're off to Greymouth. Local Democray Reporter Brendon McMahon told Perlina Lau about big upheavals going on in the West Coast… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.To Europe now - our correspondent in Germany is Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's begin this morning's programme in the UK with our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio

5:51 AM.Joining us now is Green Party co-leader James Shaw. Audio

5:45 AM.Things are looking up for Air New Zealand. Safety website AirlineRatings.com has annouced the national carrier as its Airline of the Year. But that's not all... Air New Zealand also received the award… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Wairoa's mayor Craig Little has launched a petition in the hope that one of his town's most vulnerable citizens is returned home. 69 Year old Gavin Jones is intellectually disabled and has been forced… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.This week on TradeMe a wonderful story of a photo raising money for the man who is the subject of the picture. And a picture perfect Parua property But first, TradeMe's Millie Silvester tells producer… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.To the Middle East now - Nathan Rarere was joined from Doha by our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:11 AM.Our correspondent Kalafi Moala is with us from Tonga. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin with the latest from our Australian cousins, joining Nathan Rarere from Brisbane is our ole mate Pam Corkery. Audio

5:43 AM.National has withdrawn its support from the bi-partisan housing agreement it helped draw up with Labour, instead opting to come up with its own policy. Instead of three-storey buildings, National… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured a third term as president. He has already ruled the country for two decades, as both Prime Minister and President. Speaking to supporters after winning about… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Time now for Local Democracy Reporting part of the programme and joining Nathan Rarere is Diane McCarthy from Whakatane Audio

5:15 AM.Time to hear the latest from Japan, where there are suspicions that the PM Fumio Kishida may call a snap election after the success of the G7 summit Nathan Rarere asked our correspondent Chris Gilbert… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Let's kick the programme off in the United Kingdom, joining Nathan Rarere from London is correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

5:55 AM.A community organisation called The Fono ran a massive multi-vaccination drive over the weekend in West Auckland. On offer were free measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), flu and Covid-19 vaccinations… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Seventy-one local and international films are currently screening in cinemas as part of the Documentary Edge Film Festival. One of these movies is All Static & Noise from the United States and it's… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.It's time to talk fresh produce with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:17 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann is at the Indianapolis 500 - where two New Zealanders, both named Scott, are among the favourites for the race. Audio

5:11 AM.In 2016 Bailley Unahi was crushed by a collapsing balcony in Dunedin while attending a Six60 show. This resulted in her being paralysed from the waist down - changing her life forever. Bailley is now… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.It's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio