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5:52 AM.With inflation rates at a 30 year high and the cost of living continuing to climb all eyes will be on Finance Minister Grant Robertson's Budget tomorrow. The Supermarkets continue to gratefully… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.A study released this morning has found that just a dozen Facebook accounts were behind nearly two thirds of the mis and dis-information circulated during the Parliament protest. Kate Hannah is Te… Read more Audio

5:27 AM.On Trademe this week - a castle for sale, as is a personally PAW-tographed copy of a book about a cat. But before we get to those, producer Jeremy Parkinson talked with Millie Silvester from TradeMe… Read more Audio

5:19 AM.The Mayor of Christchurch says residents living near the fire-damaged wastewater treatment plant in Bromley should receive financial assistance due to the constant stench they have to endure. Work to… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.To the Middle East now where only Turkey stands in the way of Sweden and Finland joining NATO. Joining Nathan Rarere from Doha is our correspondent Alex Baird. Audio

5:06 AM.Let's head across the the Tasman where they're on the downhill run in to the general election, and it seems the Coalition - lead by Prime Minister Scott Morrison is gaining support and is still within… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.As you heard earlier, low-income families who scrap their old car will get funding to buy a low-emitting vehicle in a $569 million scheme announced yesterday. It's one of the measures forming the… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.It is the 17th of May and there have already been 200 mass shootings in the United States. Just yesterday 7 people were shot in North Carolina, 5 at a Flea Market in Houston, 5 in a Taiwanese… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.We're in the midst of a cost of living crisis with household budgets stretched to breaking point. Businesses are struggling to find staff and interest rates are rising.. those are the words of… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.It's that time of the week we look around the Motu and chat with our Local democracy reporters, and this morning we're talking to Craig Ashworth from Te Korimako o Taranaki. Audio

5:11 AM.Japan is marking the 50th anniversary of the return of Okinawa by the US - but it's not like they left, more than 25-thousand American military personnel are still based on Okinawa Island itself -… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.Every year The Bird of the Year competition splits marriages and puts strains on friendships ... battlelines are drawn between the likes of the people that like Kea .. and those idiots that vote for a… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Staying in the US now, where a teenager has been arrested and charged in what authorities are describing as a racially motivated attack which killed 10 people at a supermarket in the city of Buffalo… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Autumn is definitely in the air and to make the most of your vegetable buying you need to take advantage of in season goods which we'll find out about from our Marquis of the Mushroom - it's the… Read more Audio

5:17 AM.To Pakistan we go where RAT tests are about to be used more at the border - up until now they've only been used randomly.. And former Prime Minister Imran Khan is still fighting to be re-elected… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin this morning in Europe where Finland has announced it will join NATO.. which won't please Russia's President Vladimir Putin. With Nathan Rarere from Kyiv in Ukraine is Newshub's Lisette… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Images of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy have been captured for the first time. Astronomers say it could teach us more about the laws of physics governing the universe. To… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Just two months ago the government scrapped fuel taxes to help people cope during the cost of living crisis when petrol rose above $3/litre. Nonetheless, prices have continue to go up, and up. Nathan… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.As the prime minister announced yesterday, New Zealand's borders will fully open two months earlier than had previously been planned. So we thought we'd check in with tourism operators to find out if… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.As he does every Monday and Friday, Nathan Rarere is joined from the fresh produce markets by the Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:05 AM.In the United States The Supreme Court has met for the first time since the Roe V Wade leak, and a new milestone in covid-19 deaths has been announced.. TVNZ's North America correspondent, Anna… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.With the border reopening earlier than expected, cruise ships and travellers from all countries will be able to enter New Zealand again, Flight Centre travel group's general manager of Product… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.So times are tough for many, so what can be done for people in New Zealand struggling with the cost of living? Nathan Rarere spoke to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Audio

5:40 AM.We're just a week out from Budget Day so First Up sent producer Matthew Theunissen to the Auckland suburb of Panmure to hear what people are most concerned about ahead of the budget. Audio