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5:36 AM.A steady stream of potential buyers -- along with the merely curious -- have taken advantage of the first advertised open homes at the 23 million dollar Kiwibuild project in the New Plymouth suburb of… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Keen sailors and interested amateurs can now have access to the same technology that World Champion 49er team Blair Tuke and Peter Burling use with a new app that can create races and access live… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.This week on TradeMe, a house fit for a - well perhaps not a king, but maybe a new MP looking for post-election digs in Wellington, if they can afford the nearly eight million dollar price tag that… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.We head now to the UK where an investigation is under way after nearly 16,000 coronavirus cases went unreported in England, delaying contact tracing efforts. Our correspondent Henry Riley has more on… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.The Waitaki District Mayor Gary Kircher joins Indira to update us on the latest information on the fire at Lake Ohau Village. Audio

5:49 AM.Dozens of homes have been destroyed by a savage wildfire in the Mackenzie Basin which forced residents to flee for their lives early yesterday morning. At least 20 houses in Lake Ohau Village have… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.To the US now where doctors have just updated the nation on the condition of President Donald Trump, He remains at the Walter Reed medical centre and is reported to be experiencing only mild symptoms… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Cabinet will meet today to decide whether there's enough evidence to conclude that the Auckland Covid outbreak has been contained and the city can return to normality. It has agreed, in principle, for… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Joining us from the fresh produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:09 AM.The summer fruit industry has launched a new campaign targeting university students, as it desperately tries to lure in workers for this season's harvest. With the border closed to RSE workers from… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.The Pike River recovery operation is nearing another milestone, with workers now almost two kilometres into the mine drift. Next month will mark 10 years since the mining disaster on the West Coast… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Five years ago a kiwi couple set off on their dream voyage yachting around the world, now they're own their way home thanks to a special exemption. Alan Forest and Anne Pilcher began their adventure… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.On a good spring weekend, Maria and Robert Lupton can find themselves in high demand. They are farmers in Waikato. But alongside their stock, they are breeders of leeches. Thousands of them. All… Read more Audio

5:34 AM.There is a good chance that the Ranfurly Shield could be on the move again this weekend as Hawke's Bay challenge Otago for the trophy. In the last couple of weeks the Ranfurly Shield has been held by… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.It's Friday and time to head down to the markets with our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth - he has the scoop on asparagus and snow peas. Audio

5:11 AM.It's time now for our weekly catch up with Australian commentator, former MP and broadcaster Pam Corkery. She tells us about what Australians can expect from its first covid-era budget and the former… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Judith Collins went head to head in the Newshub leaders debate last night. The politicians were quizzed on everything from the Covid-19 pandemic, housing and the… Read more Audio

5:45 AM.It's that time of the week where we talk to one of our local leaders, this week we're talking to fifth generation northlander John Carter the Mayor of the Far North. Audio

5:36 AM.The trout and salmon fishing season opens today for many of the country's - and the world's - best freshwater fishing rivers and lakes. Fishing guides have been hit incredibly hard by the borders… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.The manager of Marlborough's Waikawa Boating Club says yachts normally seek shelter from cyclones in the Pacific embedded in creeks and in mangrove streams, but there won't be enough room for everyone… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.As job losses wiped out incomes, thousands of Kiwis turned to food banks and they're still in need. The Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand has been filling that demand with over 66-thousand food… Read more Audio

5:07 AM.There were many, many extraordinary moments in the debate - moments that would have seemed unbelievable prior to the Trump era. Joining Indira to try and make sense of the proceeding is our US… Read more Audio

5:55 AM.A new first of its kind drag musical for kids is opening tonight at Wellington's Circa Theatre. 'The Glitter Garden' is the fabulous creation of George Fowler also known as Hugo Grrrl and Lori Leigh… Read more Audio