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5:26 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from our fresh produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Vegetables Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NZ Strawberries Audio

5:17 AM.Our correspondent in Tokyo Chris Gilbert speaks with Nathan Rarere. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in the courtrooms of New York City, our correspondent Bevan Hurley is there and spoke with Nathan Rarere. Audio

5:49 AM.Time now for politics and our regular catch up with Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni, and there's one more sleep 'til the final vote numbers are made public. Audio

5:45 AM.We've all heard of the Tour De France, well New Zealand's version has reached its halfway point down in the deep south. The Tour of Southland cycling race, which has been running for over 60 years… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Once upon a time, Aotearoa was home to 100 bootmakers, now there are less than 10. One is the small Northland business Lastrite Footwear which has been in Neville Brunker's family for over 70… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time to hear from the Top of the South, with our local democracy reporter Max Frethey in Nelson. Audio

5:14 AM.To Europe now, from Berlin, Nathan Rarere joined by our correspondent Nita Blake-Persen. Audio

5:08 AM.You've just heard about the opening of the border at Rafah - UK citizens have been given the all clear to leave, but their departure from Gaza will be done in stages - joining Nathan Rarere from the… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.At the Cricket World Cup the Black Caps lost a nail-biter to Australia over the weekend, but the team remains in the hunt for a semifinal with three round robin matches remaining.

In a show of poetic… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Halloween was last night, you may have had some kids in costumes knocking at your door, maybe some people doing donuts down your culdesac. In serendipitous timing, Halloween coincided with the first… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Something you might not have thought about before is the carbon footprint of your furniture.

But it turns out the foam filling in your couch produces an enormous amount of CO2.

Celine Sandberg is an… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.Time now to talk business! And there's a big report coming out today from the Reseve Bank - about New Zealand's financial system resilience. The RBNZ says we compare well with other advanced… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.To the Middle-East now - with First Up from Doha is Alex Baird. Audio

5:12 AM.To the Pacific now - joining the programme from Tonga is Kalafi Moala Audio

5:06 AM.Let's kick things off in Australia - with us from Brisbane is Pam Corkery. Audio

5:46 AM.This Friday the official results of the election are revealed - including all those special votes. From there - the National party will form a new coalition government... And how those special votes… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.An Australian teenager has become a world champion in an elite sport. 14-year-old Charlie Eggins from Brisbane broke the record for blindfolded speed-cubing by 0.68 of a second. He started by telling… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.A popular South African TikToker who allegedly claimed to be a doctor has been arrested, nearly three weeks after authorities accused him of being a fraud. Audio

5:09 AM.A senior U.K. civil servant who worked closely with Boris Johnson turned on WhatsApp's controversial disappearing messages function in a group used by government figures, weeks before the then-prime… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Belarus has called on Russia and Ukraine to negotiate an end to the conflict as it is now come to a stalemate. Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko who is an ally of Russian president Vladimir… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Yesterday the All Blacks lost a dramatic Rugby World Cup final to South Africa, going down by just a point in Paris. The Springboks won 12 - 11, and become the first team to win the World Cup four… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.On the other side of the world in the Netherlands, a Dutch couple is getting ready for their 65th wedding anniversary. But Cor and Miep Bierenbroodspot's marriage story begins all the way back in the… Read more Audio