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5:31 AM.An Auckland-based theatre company says the Performing Arts industry is on the brink without access to a wage subsidy or resurgence payments. Every year the National Youth Theatre pays for 10,000… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.It's time for our Thursday chat with the Local Democracy reporters and this morning is the turn of Jonathan Leask from the Ashburton Guardian. Nathan Rarere asked Jonathan what's going on with the… Read more Audio

5:16 AM.As you walk the high streets of the cities, you can't help but notice how the latest fashions hug their figures perfectly. That's right, we're talking about mannequins. One man who's been in the… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.From former Europe to actual Europe now, where the main focus for most has gone from the Omicron outbreak to the possibility of the imminent outbreak of war. To tell us more Anita Purcell Sjölund is… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.It's been exactly 24 hours since news broke of the settlement paid by Prince Andrew to Virginia Giuffre's charity to settle her lawsuit against him.. but questions remain about how he funded the… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Since the Government's Covid tracer app came into force QR codes have been mandatory for most businesses, but as the Omicron wave hits, are we still scanning in? And do we actually need to? At… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.The Winter Olympics hit another peak yesterday, with Zoi Sadowski-Synnott taking a silver in the BIG AIR snowboarding .. Nathan Rarere asked our man in Beijing, Patrick Fok, whether the support shown… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe's cool auction list is an old-skool fundraiser utilising the powers of the sharpie pen and the 2021 All Blacks.. And a vehicle that will keep your drinks cool But first TradeMe's… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.Every few weeks we talk with James Parr from the Open Space Agency.. and he and Nathan Rarere had a chin wag. Audio

5:11 AM.All eyes were on Russia over the past few hours as President Putin and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz held a joint press conference after meeting in Moscow. This follows Russia's Defence Ministry… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We begin this morning in Australia where the issue of criminal deportees from Australia to New Zealand has raised its head again - this time an attempt by the Australian government to deport a man… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.Speaking of boosters.. probably not too many of them around Parliament grounds as hundreds of protestors wake up to day 8 amid concerns of growing sanitation issues. The group was told yesterday by… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.The country will move to Phase Two of the Government's Omicron plan from midnight tonight, with the number of daily Covid cases likely to pass the one-thousand mark today. This comes after three… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.At the Winter Olympics the 15 year old Russian figure skater Kamila Valineva has been cleared to compete after failing an earlier drug test - joining Nathan Rarere with more on that story is our… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.A major new New Zealand film production about Dame Whina Cooper is due to be released in June. The film, Whina, tells the inspirational story of New Zealand's Te Whaea o Te Motu - Mother of the Nation… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.And Wellington's Mayor Andy Foster heard that and spoke with Nathan Rarere. Audio

5:51 AM.As the protest outside of Parliament heads into its seventh day, business owners in the precinct are growing frustrated by an apparent lack of action by the police and council. Surrounding streets… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.A woman will have to go through managed isolation because she'll miss the deadline for quarantine-free travel with Australia by just two hours. Changes to the border rules mean vaccinated New… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.At midday today the most watched television show in the world kicks off as the the Los Angeles Rams play the Cincinatti Bengals in Super Bowl 56, to talk a bit about the game and most importantly for… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.To the fresh produce markets with our Minister of Fruit, Veggies and flowers, it's Glenn Forsyth! Audio

5:16 AM.The SPCA is calling for foster parents for an influx of kittens and rabbits in need of a home! Laura Millar is the SPCA Support Services Manager in Mangere, she told me the need for foster parents has… Read more Audio