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5:43 AM.We're heading into a recession. That's according to the Reserve Bank in its latest Monetary Policy Statement, in which it raised interest rates by a whopping 75 basis points. The bank predicts a… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.A West Coast man might need to buy a Lotto ticket after his ute was struck by lightning and engulfed in flames. Caleb Harris was driving from Hokitika to Golden Bay earlier in the week when the… Read more Audio

5:21 AM.Time to check in with the Local Democracy Reporting programme and this morning we're in Gisborne with the one and only Matthew Rosenberg. Matthew has been trying to solve the mystery of the San Rosa… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.Time now to get the latest from our correspondent in Europe, Anita Purcell Sjölund. Audio

5:05 AM.It is Thursday and a month til Christmas and already the complaints have started - what's going on UK correspondent Henry Riley? Audio

5:52 AM.The 11-year-old leukaemia survivor who was gifted Ruby Tui's World Cup winners medal says she's been sleeping with it under her pillow. Lucia Hurst met Tui at a fan engagement event prior to the… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.It's been a wet and windy ol' week and it looks like more wild weather is on the way. Joining Nathan Rarere to tell us what's in store is WeatherWatch forecaster Philip Duncan. Audio

5:36 AM.Last week our very own world number one speed golfer Jamie Reid won the individual World Speed Golf Championships in Saint Augustine Florida, and then backed it up by winning the Team World Cup with… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.Trademe time, and this week Leonard Powell spoke to Millie Silvester about a couple of good causes and a dream house in Christchurch. Leonard began by asking Millie about the Baduzzi Long Lunch on the… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.To Indonesia now, where aftershocks of Monday's earthquake are still being felt. The epicenter was in Cianjur in West Java. The death toll has risen to 268 The ABC's Anne Barker is in Indonesia and… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Time now to go across the Tasman with Pam Corkery. Audio

5:51 AM.Every week we speak to the deputy leader of each major party. And today's its the turn of National's Nicola Willis. She started by telling Nathan Rarere her thoughts on the Supreme Court ruling that… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Something we've become increasingly reliant on during the course of the pandemic is waste water testing. It's pretty remarkable technology that's able to detect whether there is even a single Covid… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.The New Zealanders at the World Trampoline Champs in Sofia, Bulgaria had a blinder of a competition. Olympic bronze medalist Dylan Schmidt claimed his first world trampoline world title, joining… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.To Northland now where the seaside town of Mangawhai is starting to groan under the weight of all the Aucklanders who have been flocking there. Nathan Rarere spoke with Local Democracy Reporting… Read more Audio

5:15 AM.We head to Japan now where our correspondent in Tokyo Chris Gilbert can tell us about a law change aimed at supporting people who have fallen foul of scammers masquerading as religious groups ... as… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We head straight to the UK where our correspondent Ellie Jay is standing by from London. Audio

5:54 AM.An Australian business owner has come up with a clever way to deal with a dire staff shortage ... one he says other businesses crying out for workers would be wise to follow. Barry Iddles has… Read more Audio