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5:50 AM.World Cups have been plentyful but our nation's success in the marquee events has not. But tonight, we get one more shot at standing atop the dais as champions of planet earth at something. Tonight is… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.A Kiwi medical aid ship stranded in Fiji is dealing with Tropical Cyclone Mal after it made landfall just hours ago. The ship named Koha has two dental clinics on board and is owned by charity… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.To Israel now, Nathan Rarere spoke to our correspondent in Tel Aviv, Sarah Coates. Audio

5:25 AM.We're all gearing up for summer - and many of us are looking online for pre-summer bargains. The folks at TradeMe have been looking at the trends and have come up with a list of popular searches… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.Joining the programme from Accra in Ghana is Nabil Ahmed Rufai. Audio

5:06 AM.Sarah Coates is with us from Tel Aviv later in the hour - but first our correspondent Alex Baird is in Doha and joins us now. Audio

5:51 AM.To politics, and National's tax cut plan is proving to be a sticking point in talks to form the next government. National campaigned on funding tax cuts, with the help of foreign house buyers - who… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.We all know the phrase "underpromise, overdeliver" - well Waka Kotahi has done just that, delivering an early Christmas present for the Coromandel. It's announced state highway 25A will be open by the… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Heading to the Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa now, where staff and students at Wairoa College are shaving their heads to support one of their own. Fifteen year old Jhalena Lafaiki has been diagnosed with… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Time to catch up with the neighbourhood of Tauranga with local democracy reporter Alisha Evans. And the BoP capital is having it's own carpark controversy. Audio

5:18 AM.To Japan now, where the country has recorded its hottest November day in a hundred years. Meanwhile, Japan has been hosting the G7 summit of foreign ministers, which was dominated by talks about the… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with UK correspondent Henry Riley about Rishi Sunak's removal of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. Audio

5:50 AM.A 96 year old Auckland man recently completed the monumental task of walking to the summit of One Tree Hill everyday for a month.

Logan Campbell Retirement Village resident Russell Parrish used the… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Summer's getting closer, and many of us will be keen to jump back into the water again as the days get hotter. But New Zealand has one of the highest drowning rates in the OECD. Drowning Prevention… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Monday's a chance to wipe the slate clean, forget the eating habits of the past and jump on the health food train - joining us now is a man more than willing to clip your ticket on the Fruit and… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.To Europe now, joining us with from Germany is correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

5:05 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann kicks the week off from New York. Audio

4:04 PM.Now the story of a witch - the baddest witch in all the world! She can turn children into sausages, she turns policemen into apple trees and bananas into mice!

Badjelly the Witch, written by the… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Covid cases in Aotearoa right now are on the rise, suggesting we are in our fifth wave of the virus. The latest figures from Te Whatu Ora show there were 5,872 Covid cases in the last week… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.It's been nearly a month since election day and a week since the special votes were counted. And the secretive talks for a new government are still ongoing! What does ACT want? What does New Zealand… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is with us, it's Glenn Forsyth! Fruit of the Week: NZ Tomatoes Audio

5:15 AM.The biggest story in the Pacific this week is the Pacific Island Forum being held in the Cook Islands - joining us from there is Kalafi Moala. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's begin in the United States, joining us from New York is Bevan Hurley. Audio

5:51 AM.Despite losing their last four matches on the bounce, the Blackcaps are still in the hunt to qualify for the semi finals at the Cricket World Cup in India. They play Sri Lanka this evening in… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.To Israel now - joining us from Tel Aviv is correspondent Sarah Coates. Audio