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5:52 AM.Super Rugby celebrates 30 years today - Ross McNaughton takes a look back Audio

5:47 AM.Tamaroa Walker and his team at Mountain Jade not only carve the toanga for participants in the Tarawera Ultra-Trail 100-miler - this year they're running the race themselves. Audio

5:14 AM.Mitch McCann has news out of the USA where the Feds are pulling out of Minnesota. Audio

5:14 AM.Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth brings us news of new season veg Audio

5:51 AM.Willow-Jean Prime explains why the Labour Party don't support the online casino gaming bill Audio

5:45 AM.The inaugrual Buller Bluewater Classic kicks of this weekend, James Cameron joined Nathan Rarere to sell the coast as a fishing Mecca Audio

5:24 AM.Special schools, parole hearings and speedway cars - Jimmy Ellingham has it all from Palmerston North Audio

5:15 AM.Cyclone Gezani hits Madadgascar - reporting from a safe distance away in Ghana is Nabil Ahmed Rufai Audio

5:52 AM.Making friends and home-cooked food - Ke-xin Li visits a cookbook club Audio

5:47 AM.Super Rugby Chief's Seuseu Naitoa Ah Kuoi tells Nathan Rarere about his new matai title and the 2026 Super Rugby season Audio

5:23 AM.East Auckland is where we head for this week's OpShop, St John's in Howick - Nathan talks with Becs Higham. Read more Audio

5:15 AM.A mountain murder mystery in Bulgaria - Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports from Europe Audio

5:52 AM.Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour talks problem gambling and raising the retirement age Audio

5:47 AM.Students are gambling their rent on sport, Andree Froude from the Problem Gambling Foundation talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

5:24 AM.New faults have been identified around Wairarapa, Local Democracy Reporter Sue Teodoro has the story Audio

5:15 AM.The pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to resign increases - Henry Riley joins First Up from London Audio

5:53 AM.People are choosing to drop the devices and go back to analog, Ross McNaughton found out why Audio

5:47 AM.First Up's go to Super Bowl guy is San San Franciscan broadcaster Dan Dibley. Audio

5:23 AM.It's been a bad season for cherry exporters, Glenn Forsyth has the goss from the markets. Audio

5:15 AM.Anas Mallick is a reporter in Pakistan, today he has news of an arrest after a suicide bombing. Audio

5:52 AM.It's been a big week in the lead up to Waitangi day at the Treaty Grounds, Shania Howard is the head of visitor experience there, she told us what's on the menu. Audio

5:47 AM.Willow-Jean Prime joined the programme from Waitangi to talk about the political issues of the week Audio

5:26 AM.Tess Brunton reports from the neighbourhoods around Otago and Southland, this week she tells us a lovely story of an iconic Peter Pan statue. Audio

5:16 AM.Alex Baird reports from the Middle East where the Rafah border has once again closed Audio

5:11 AM.Snowboarder Dane Menzies is in Italy for his first Winter Games, he will be one of the first to compete on Friday. Audio