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5:48 AM.On Thursday, the Government announced "circuit breaker" measures to stop 10 to 13 year-olds from reoffending. It's part of the Better Pathways package aimed at helping young offenders to re-engage… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.This week we're going to be touring some of some of New Zealand's top summer locations ... some of which you may not have come across before. This morning we're in one of the jewels in the Crown… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.We're off to the fresh produce markets now with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:16 AM.The pohutakawa is in bloom, Michael Buble is playing on a loop in the mall, and many of us are wondering how on earth it's December already. But yes, Christmas time is upon us Our producers Matthew… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.And it's Monday morning so time to cross to our Europe correspondent Nita Blake-Persen who joins spoke with Anna Thomas from Germany. Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the US, Anna Thomas was joined from New York by our correspondent Anna Burns-Francis. Audio

5:50 AM.Royal commentator Margaret Holder – who describes herself as one of Meghan Markle's early supporters – finds the actress-turned-duchess's story of mistreatment "hard to take". Read more Video, Audio

5:45 AM.The Auckland domain is set to be lit up with family fun tomorrow evening, as Christmas in the Park is back for the first time since 2019. Dixon Nacey is the creative director and joins us now ahead of… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Now for New Zealand radio's most popular pre-6 AM frog news segment. Frogtalk For the past 30 years, Linda Hart has nurtured thousands of tadpoles in her garden in Tairua on the Coromandel. It was… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: Yellow Flesh Peaches! Audio

5:15 AM.To Africa now - Nathan Rarere joined from Ghana by our correspondent and father of gorgeous one year-old triplets, Nabil Ahmed Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the United States - where it's been announced that basketball star Brittney Griner has been released from detention in Russia, with Nathan Rarere from New York is Bevan… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Time hear from the Deputy Prime Minister now Grant Robertson now. Nathan Rarere asked him if a bad batch of aviation fuel that's forcing airlines to ration their supplies could disrupt people's… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.To a story about a bridge in the Coromandel, but not a one way road bridge like you might expect. A walking and cycling bridge that would cross the Tairua river between Tairua and Pauanui looks set to… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.Upcoming holiday travel plans could -- potentially -- be disrupted due to a dud batch of aviation fuel. Routine testing found the shipment of 25 million litres of fuel was not fit for purpose and… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.And it's Thursday, so time now to head to the regions with our local democracy reporting programme. This morning it is the turn of Diane McCarthy from Whakatane. Audio

5:13 AM.To Europe now, in Sweden is our correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio

5:52 AM.A baby who badly needs a heart operation but who's parents won't let him be treated with blood from anyone who's had the Covid vaccine still can't get the care he needs. After a hearing in the High… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.A space-travel company in the South Island is one step closer to getting an aeroplane into space after receiving a whopping 20 million dollar funding boost. Dawn Aerospace, based in Tekapo, received… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Did you know that 25% of house fires start in the kitchen and 50% of fatal house fires involve alcohol or drugs? To help intoxicated people stay off the stove, Fire and Emergency NZ has created the… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 AM.Voters in the US state of Georgia head to the polls this morning in a run-off election to determine who will represent them in the US Senate. Going up against Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock is… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.To the Middle East now where most of the quarter finalists for the 2022 Soccer/Football World Cup have been found - joining Nathan Rarere from the centre of it all is Alex Baird in Doha. Audio