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5:47 AM.And that very person - ACT Party's deputy leader Brooke van Velden joins us now. Audio

5:45 AM.She says she wants to be a fresh vibrant voice for Tamaki. Deputy ACT leader Brooke van Velden has announced plans to go head-to-head with National's Simon O'Connor for the electorate vote in… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.That music can only mean one thing - it's time to talk with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Zespri Ruby Red Kiwifruit Audio

5:17 AM.To Africa now, we're joined from Ghana by our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's begin in the world's most famous ex-British colony - joining Nathan Rarere from New York is our correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio

5:51 AM.Parliament has a new independent MP this morning Former senior Labour politician Meka Whaitiri will remain in Parliament after announcing her intention to stand for Te Pati Maori in this year's… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with our royal correspondent Henry Riley from London just before we came to air and asked him about protests being allowed during the coronation this weekend - will we see people… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.We're on countdown now for the coronation of Charles the third - which gets underway at 9.30 Saturday night our time. Reporter Leonard Powell has been asking a few people at Mission Bay in Auckland -… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.As Royalists are getting revved up for the big shindig in London this weekend - republicans have also been getting worked up in their own way. Among them - former Wallaby Peter FitzSimons who's a… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Now we're crossing to Craig Ashworth - our Local Democracy Reporter in Taranaki where councillors in New Plymouth have been warned that a push for more Maori art risks treading on artistic freedom. Audio

5:14 AM.The resignation of 75 year old Artificial Intelligence Pioneer Jeffrey Hinton from Google has been headline news over the last day or two, with many asking if AI has become too powerful? Nathan Rarere… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.We begin this morning in Europe where Russia has blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on the Kremlin. With Nathan Rarere from Sweden is our correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:51 AM.Dawn raids tactics are still happening, despite the government's apology for the 1970s raids. This comes as Immigration admitted carrying out at least 18 out-of-hour visits to people it referred to as… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Nathan Rarere was joined from London by our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio

5:45 AM.Nathan Rarere was joined from London by our correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio

5:34 AM.The countdown to the King's coronation continue The subjects of the new British monarch will foot a $200 million (nzd) bill for the grand event. That eye-watering price tag includes a coronation menu… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.This week on TradeMe - the flashest house in all of Timaru - and a knitted King Charles. But it's not only Coronation week - it's also Star Wars week, tomorrow being May the 4th. Producer Jeremy… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.With Nathan Rarere from Doha is our correspondent in the Middle-East Alex Baird. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's begin in Australia - Nathan Rarere is joined from Brisbane by Pam Corkery. Audio

5:49 AM.Despite a major new Inland Revenue report finding the country's ultra rich pay less than half the tax rate of the average person, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins insists there will not be a wealth or… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Properties affected by the Auckland Anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle will be assesed based on three categories that the government announced on Monday. Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.33-year-old Aucklander Jono Ridler will this morning attempt a New Zealand record swim from Aotea Great Barrier Island to Narrow Neck Beach in Tamaki Makaurau's Devonport ... non stop. Jono's 100km… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.To the Pacific now - joining Nathan Rarere from Tonga is our Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's begin in the UK where the countdown continues to the coronation of King Charles the Third. With Nathan Rarere from the bunting festooned streets of London is our Ellie Jay. Audio

5:55 AM.New Zealand sailors exposed to British nuclear tests in the Pacific in the 1950s remain unhappy they've never had a government apology for being placed in harm's way. This weekend veterans, now all… Read more Audio