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5:41 AM.The building that housed these people's charred homes - sits in a wider community Newtown Union Health Service is a five-minute walk from Loafer's Lodge. Practice Manager Fiona Osten says more than 30… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.On Wednesday police and fire fighters are entering the ravaged Loafers Lodge hostel in Wellington today to start recovering at least six bodies and confirm the number of people who have died. On… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.70 per cent of women aged between 45 and 55 suffer significant symptoms from menopause. It goes way beyond hot flushes - there are mood swings, night sweats, aching muscles, sleep problems, anxiety… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.With us now from Doha is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:12 AM.We head to the Pacific now - joining Nathan Rarere from Tonga is our correspondent Kalafi Moala. Audio

5:47 AM.With just under five months left until the October elections - and there's some fresh political polls to ponder. A Newshub-Reid Research poll shows Labour neck and neck with National, around 35 per… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.With Year 9 teachers set to strike across the country today we've fielded some frustrated text messages from some of you - wondering what they're complaining about. Our reporter Leonard Powell went… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Just where a comedian comes up with their best lines is a trade secret BUT it's information that Nathan Rarere managed to extract from Rhys Mathewson - First Up's featured act from the comedy… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Time now to head to Japan with our correspondent Chris Gilbert. He told me what's on the agenda for the upcoming G7 summit. Audio

5:09 AM.To the United Kingdom now, where both Ukraine's President and our correspondent Ellie Jay are. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in Wellington, where a number of people are unaccounted for after an overnight fire. Morning Report producer Denise Garland was on the scene and Nathan Rarere talked to her just prior to… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.It's the highlight of Europe's pop calendar - the Eurovision song contest wrapped a week of kitsch and glamour in the non-European city of Liverpool.. It was Ukraine's turn to host the annual… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.So what do you do if your on a yacht in big seas miles off Brazil and your mast breaks? If you name is Georgia Schofield you don't panic. You dont jump in the lifeboat - No -you film it ! This young… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.We're halfway through the month of May - joining Nathan Rarere from the autumn markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Leel and Potato Soup 2 leeks - decent size, sliced including… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To Europe now, our correspondent in Sweden is Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:06 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann is the first cab of the rank this week - he joins us from New York. Audio

5:53 AM.As we've just heard the cost of putting kai on the table has taken the biggest annual leap in 36 years. The price of groceries went up 14 percent and the price of fruit and vegetables prices jumped 22… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Research reveals that more than half of New Zealanders are experiencing mental stress about living costs. Food prices took their biggest annual jump since 1987 and have gone up - 12.5 per cent - year… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from our nation's leading fresh produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NZ Persimmons Audio

5:15 AM.'80s sci fi thriller Stranger Things has brought the '80s roaring back into the public conscious.

And it turns out that Dungeons and Dragons, Kate Bush and Cyndi Lauper aren't the only throw backs… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.To Africa now - joining Nathan Rarere from Accra in Ghana is our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in Europe, Nathan Rarere is joined by our correspondent Dr Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:52 AM.More rain is on the way for Tamaki Makaurau. Slips, flashfloods, people mopping out their houses again. The chairman of advocacy group West Auckland is Flooding Lyall Carter says they're at their… Read more Audio