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5:05 AM.First Up this morning we head to Europe, where Denmark has just become the first European country to bin the Oxford Astra Zeneca covid vaccine completely. Our Europe correspondent Catherine Walbridge… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Carterton residents are being told they must continue to boil their water more than a month after E.coli was found in the water supply. An on-off boil water notice has been in place since March the… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Each week we like to introduce to you to one of our many new members of parliament. This week it's the turn of ACT's Karen Chhour - one of nine new MPs brought into the house on ACT leader David… Read more Audio

5:31 AM.The criteria for recruiting vaccinators to administer the Covid-19 jab has been expanded to include physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dieticians ... even speech language therapists. The… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Once a year there's a window of time when Hops across the country is being harvested and brewers can make a 'fresh hop beer'. Hops are notoriously fickle once they've been picked so there's a real… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 AM.What's life like on a cannabis patch? Will eating hemp seeds make you high? To find out, our reporter Tom Kitchin talked to East Coast Cannabis company worker Ben Goodman just out of Ruatoria. Audio

5:11 AM.A new show written during lockdown explores familiar relationships, gender norms and intergenerational conflict. Showing for two weeks at the Basement theatre in Auckland's CBD, First World Problems… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We'll begin in Australia, where it's suspected a second person has had an extreme clotting reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Joining Nathan Rarere from her nest high above Brisbane is our… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.In the past 48 hours we've learned two MIQ workers who have contracted Covid-19 have not yet been vaccinated. National's Deputy leader Shane Reti told Nathan Rarere that's not good enough. Audio

5:41 AM.From midnight Sunday, New Zealanders will be able to go on an overseas holiday for the first time since our borders were closed a year ago. Nathan Rarere spoke with Air New Zealand boss Greg Foran… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.We head to Samoa now where the two main political parties remain neck-and-neck after the weekend's election. Provisional results over the weekend had the the incumbent Human Rights Protection Party… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.This morning on TradeMe, listings include Joe Moody's 100th Crusaders game jersey and for musician who has everything, a coffin shaped guitar. But first, TradeMe's Ruby Topzand tells producer Jeremy… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.New Zealand's top athletes sought psychological support in record numbers last year. One year on, a leading psychologist says athletes and coaches are suffering sleepless nights, trouble making… Read more Audio

5:13 AM.In our New Zealand made segment this week, what kind of coffin do you want when you die? Ross Hall makes personalised caskets for everyone's different interests. He spoke to our reporter Ella Stewart… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.We begin in the United Kingdom, where we are joined by our correspondent Henry Riley. Audio

5:51 AM.Last week we heard from a woman battling cancer who had to pay 64-thousand dollars to get the treatment she needs, with around half of that cost going to adminstering the medication because our DHBs… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.New Zealanders stuck in India are feeling abandoned by the Government after all flights were suspended from midnight last night. First Up has been contacted by numerous people desperate to come home… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.ASB's Polyfest is back this week. From Wednesday the Manukau Sports Bowl bursts into life with traditional song and dance as students grace the Polyfest stage for the first time in a couple of years… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere from the Monday fresh produce markets is Glenn Forsyth - gold kiwifruit and pumpkins are best buys. Audio

5:15 AM.Kiwis are cautiously planning trips over to Australia ahead of the opening of the travel bubble at the end of the week. Travel Agents' Association president Brent Thomas says there hasn't been a huge… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.A leading New Zealand scientist says climate action needs to happen now or the world will face disastrous consequences in just 50 years. Carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached 421 parts per… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.We cross to the UK now where the nation is mourning the death of Prince Phillip the Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen's husband died on Friday aged 99 leading to an outpouring of well-wishes from the… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Joining Nathan Rarere to talk over the many developments from the past 24 hours is University of Otago epidemiologist Michael Baker. Audio

5:43 AM.New Zealand has temporarily suspended travel from India as a response to a surge in Covid cases amongst returnees. It came after 23 new positive cases of Covid were identified in managed isolation… Read more Audio