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5:47 AM.It has been an anxious wait for staff at the Highwater Eatery in Wellington who have been isolating since the restaurant was named as a location of interest. They've had to close completely as 11 out… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.The wider Darwin region was put into a snap 48 hour lockdown after five Covid-19 cases were linked to a central Australian goldmine. Hundreds of FIFO workers have since left the Granites Gold Mine… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.He Makariri rawa i Aotearoa, it's very cold in New Zealand. Flights have been cancelled, ferries are halted and roads are closed. The MetService has forecast possible heavy snow and severe winds for… Read more Audio

5:27 AM.This week on TradeMe's cool auctions - an autographed jersey from the Super rugby champion Auckland Blues - and a crusty old house truck which you could get for a steal - 'as is where is' that is. But… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.The words 'Olympic debut' take on extra meaning for the latest couple of athletes confirmed for the New Zealand team for the upcoming Tokyo Games. Ella Williams and Billy Stairmand are not only making… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.To the US now where a New Jersey family, who used the Champlain towers in Miami as a vacation home have spoken for the first time about their miraculous escape. Albert Aguero's family bought the… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.To the UK now where the health secretary Matt Hancock has resigned for breaching Covid-19 social distancing guidance by kissing a colleague, And the defence secretary and six senior military… Read more Audio

5:55 AM.University of Otago epidemiologist Michael Baker talks with us about Covid lockdowns across Australia the extended level two lockdown in Wellington. Audio

5:50 AM.We head to the Cook Islands where people are anxiously waiting for news out of Wellington and what the city's Covid-19 scare could mean for the travel bubble with New Zealand. Joining us from… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.As Australia battles outbreaks of Covid across several different states, New South Wales is entering it's second full day of lockdown, The Head of the University of Melbourne's school of population… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.The New Zealand Taxi Federation says vaccinating drivers should be a priority as concerns rise that the Covid 19 Delta variant could spread here It's unknown how the Australian tourist travelled… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.This week's best buys in fresh produce with our Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:15 AM.The Wellington partial lockdown has been extended until at least midnight Tuesday - even though no cases of covid-19 have been detected in the region since the visit by a Covid-positive Australian… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.Tomatoes NZ and The Ministry for Primary Industries are working to identify a strain of disease discovered on tomato plants here. Pepino Mosaci Virus - which affects the yeild of plants and delays… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Millions of Australians in New South Wales will wake up to their second day of lockdown this morning. The two-week lockdown is a result in the rapid rise of infections from the Bondi cluster, which… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.51 people are unaccounted for in an apartment building collapse in Florida.. Police say the 12 story residential block collapsed overnight, killing at least one person. Our correspondent in… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Two of the sharpest minds in the world of cricket, Guy Heveldt and Oliver Stevenson joined Nathan Rarere to talk more on the game. Audio

5:32 AM.New Zealand is basking in the glory of one the greatest sporting achiements in our country's history. Yes almost exactly 24 hours ago Kane Williamson's Black Caps toppled the Indian juggernaught to… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Our minister of fruit and vege, Glenn Forsyth joined Nathan Rarere for a look at the week in fresh produce. Audio

5:16 AM.An Auckland Paediatrician says that wards in Auckland and Starship Hospitals are almost full of children with preventable respiratory conditions partly due to cold, unsuitable sleeping conditions. The… Read more Audio

5:12 AM.After a year-long hiatus, the international touring stage production of the Lion King is here. An estimated 100 million people worldwide have seen the six-time Tony Award-winning production and… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Nathan Rarere spoke with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson about the concerning situation in the capital.

He began by asking whether we should have shut the gates to Sydney sooner. Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Will Wellington see any cases of Covid-19 today?

The capital is now in Alert Level 2 after an Australian tourist who visited over the weekend tested positive upon returning to Sydney.

That means… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Two weeks ago Rachel Jordan was photographing a Bride and Groom on their wedding day when the helicopter they were in crashed severely injuring her, the pilot and the newly-married couple.

She's… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.An investigation by ITV news in the UK has discovered online retailer Amazon destroys millions of items of unsold stock every year.

Footage taken from inside Amazon's Dunfermline warehouse in… Read more Audio