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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

5:45 AM.If you find yourself in situation where someone greats you like an old friend but you cant quite place their face. you might have something called prosopagnosia - or - face blindess. It's a rare… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Last week our reporter Henry Riley was at the pub with the Prince and Princess of Wales. This week it's Bevan Hurley's turn to be at the centre of news coverage - he's been in court for the defamation… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Time now for Local Democracy Reporting programme. And this week it is the turn of Susan Botting from Northland who told Nathan Rarere about a new pest called Caulerpa seaweed - threatening our way of… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Fresh off a plane from his honeymoon in Mexico is our Japan correspondent Chris Gilbert. Nathan Rarere caught up with him for the first time in a couple of weeks and asked him about a most Japanese of… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the UK - where Prince Harry has received an apology from the Daily Mirror. With Nathan Rarere from London is our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

5:52 AM.We've got Greens co-leader Marama Davidson with us now. Audio

5:46 AM.Now lets hear from our Auckland reporter Felix Walton who is at the West Auckland Civil Defence Centre. Audio

5:37 AM.The citizens of West Auckland held their breath again yesterday as a deluge of rain hit the city. This is the third time this year that locals have born the brunt of the weather. It started in January… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Slips and surface flooding have caused general chaos around the top of the North Island. This latest bout of weather's closed SH1 through the Brynderwyns and the Dome Valley between Auckland and… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.This week in the wonderful world of trademe, a 66 year old car that's worth more than a house deposit, a voucher for a luxurious Taupo holiday, and the chance to own the most regal of autographs. But… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.To the Middle East now - in Doha is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in Australia - joining Nathan Rarere from high above Brisbane is our good friend Pam Corkery. Audio

5:52 AM.Most Year 12s in the South Island will have no school today, thanks to a rolling teachers' strike that's making it's way up North from tomorrow. More than 20,000 secondary school teachers will take… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.As the covid19 pandemic stretches on, virologists have come up with a whole raft of names for variants and sub variants. Many have become household names. Remember the days of Delta, Alpha, Beta and… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Small and peculiar - that's the description of a cinema at the top of the South Island getting some serious global attention. When both screens are fully booked - the Gecko Theatre in Motueka squeezes… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.We meet the people in your neighbourhood courtesy of the Local Democracy Reporting. And joining Nathan Rarere with the latest from Marlborough is Maia Hart. Audio

5:13 AM.To the Pacific now - joining Nathan Rarere from Tonga is Kalafi Moala. Audio