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5:14 AM.To the European mainland now - Nathan Raree was joined from Germany by our correspondent Nita Blake-Persen Audio

5:52 AM.Green MP Elizabeth Kerekere has been accused of ongoing poor behaviour - including badmouthing and undermining her caucus colleagues and staff. Five individuals close to the Greens - including current… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.Forty teenage girls in their final year of high school are getting a taste of life in the Airforce this week. They're part of a school holiday programme at Ohakea airbase in Manawatu trying to… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.After eight postponements due to Covid and problems at Cornwall Park, the Auckland Home Show will return for the first time in three years from tomorrow. The home improvement and design extravaganza… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Online shopping time, this week our producer Leonard Powell spoke to Audrey Malone from Trademe about the weird and wonderful auctions going at the moment. They started by discussing a rare 82 year… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.From across the ditch to the Pacific now, where our correspondent Kalafi Moala joins us from a slightly stormy Kingdom of Tonga. Audio

5:05 AM.We start our Wednesday programme high atop the First Up towers in Brisbane, Queensland with Pam Corkery. Audio

6:15 AM.Nathan Rarere asked the deputy leader of the National Party, Nicola Willis, what she makes of the policy. Audio

5:44 AM.The government has announced plans to reduce class sizes for primary and intermediate school students The $106 million initiative will see classes in years 4 to 8 shift from 29 students per teacher to… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.During his long domestic political career, Phil Goff was MP for Mt Roskill, Minister of Defence, Foriegn Affairs and Education among many other roles - including 6 years as mayor of Auckland.. He was… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.To Japan now where the government is on high alert after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from a campaign event after a home made explosive was thrown at him. The incident comes just nine… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.It's Tuesday and that means it's time to hear from our UK correspondent Ellie Jay. Audio

5:50 AM.After becoming a tetraplegic seven years ago, Gareth Lynch was forced to develop resilience – an invaluable skill he says many of us aren't taught. Now, the Wheel Black (wheel chair rugby All Black)… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 AM.A growing body of research suggests that bees are sentient, self aware and have emotional lives. It raises questions about how bees are used in the agricultural sector or in laboratory experiments… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Time now to hear from First Up's Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:17 AM.And it's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund. Audio

5:11 AM.Gunbattles are raging for a second day in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as rival wings of the armed forces fight for power. Joining Nathan Rarere is our Africa correspondent Nabil Ahmed with the… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Newshub's North America correspondent Mitch McCann joins us for all the news out of the US. Audio

5:47 AM.Having been dragged into a swamp of confusing opinions and muddied information about it, the government yesterday revealed an overhaul to the Three Waters programme. It's been rebranded as the… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.And wake the kids - it's that time of week where we head into the weekend with the full knowledge of how to spend our money wisely on Fruit and veges with the Minister Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.The organiser of this Saturday's Silent Disco City Clean-Up in West Auckland hopes similar events will soon pop up regularly around the city. Read more Audio

5:12 AM.Going from one big continent to another - we cross to Accra in Ghana to catch with our Africa correspondent, Nabil Ahmed. Audio

5:05 AM.Let's cross to the US now for the latest from our correspondent Bevan Hurley. Audio

5:49 AM.And joining Nathan Rarere is the deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni. Audio