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5:49 AM.We've all heard of BYO restaurants but an East Auckland restaurant is taking it one step further and allowing customers to bring their own INGREDIENTS for the chefs to cook. For a small fee, they will… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Time to talk space news with James Parr from the Open Space Agency and just a couple of days ago, NASA flew a small craft into a large asteroid, which is a bit like throwing a dart from miles away and… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.It's Friday so it's time to hear from our Minister for Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NZ Tangelos Audio

5:16 AM.A pre-season poke in the eye has sidelined Breakers captain Thomas Abercrombie on the eve of the Australian National Basketball League season which tips off this weekend. The Breakers will be without… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.It's time to cross to Africa to our correspondent Chris Ocamringa who is in Kinshasa. Audio

5:47 AM.Air New Zealand's fledgling New York route has hit multiple speed bumps since its launch with both passengers and bags offloaded from different flights amid warnings strong headwinds could force the… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.Six months ago the New Zealand dollar was worth 68.9 .9 US cents.. This morning as you've just heard, it's sitting at 57.1 So what are the implications, particularly on interest rates? Here's Deputy… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Time to catch up with news from regional New Zealand and this morning we're in Whanganui with the marvellous Moana Ellis from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme. Moana's been looking at how the… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.And joining Nathan Rarere is our Europe correspondent Anita Purcell Sjölund from Sweden. Audio

5:05 AM.Lots going on in the UK, the man to cover it for us is Henry Riley who Nathan Rarere caught up just before we came to air before he just about to catch the train home to London. Audio

5:52 AM.A cancer survivor has successfully become the first New Zealand woman to have her frozen ovaries implanted back into her body. 36-year-old Alana Scott underwent the procedure on Monday in the hope of… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Costco, where you can buy anything from food to furniture to fuel, is opening its first branch in Auckland this morning. Now we don't want to just give the new business a free advertisement, but this… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.With daylight saving time comes longer days and the return of birdsong to our gardens. However Birds New Zealand is concerned that a number of native birds are dropping dead because of how well… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe - if the Tutukaka Coast is on your list and money is no object - this week's property listing might be just for you.. And a convertible that couldn't be more 1967 if it tried… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Protests have continued across Iran in the wake of the death of a Kurdish woman in the custody of the country's "morality police". Joining Nathan Rarere from Doha is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:05 AM.We'll begin this morning in Australia where Nathan Rarere is hoping that Pam Corkery can please explain why Pauline Hanson is in the news again. Audio

5:52 AM.To Russia now where a mass school-shooting has taken place in the city of Izhevsk - joining Nathan Rarere from Moscow is our correspondent Stuart Smith. Audio

5:47 AM.Holy guacamole, they've found Burrito! After 11 days lost in Auckland's Botanic Gardens, the 3-year-old toy poodle was spotted by a dog walker on a river bank ... shivering, hungry and badly… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.As we do every week, we get to hear from the deputy leader of the National Party Nicola Willis. We talked business confidence -- or lack thereof -- among CEOs. But Nathan Rarere started by asking what… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.Haka Theatre returns to Tamaki Makaurau's Aotea Centre - rangatahi from 8 schools across the region will be presenting original works on stage. Kura Te Ua has pioneered this unique blend of kapa haka… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.To Japan now where the convenience stores are saying "no more forks!" But first our Tokyo correspondent Chris Gilbert explained why the government is looking to spend whopping great sums of money on… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in the UK where, if you listen carefully, you can here the pound the plumeting to record lows.. Joining Nathan Rarere from the London of King Charles III is our correspondent… Read more Audio