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5:45 AM.New Zealand face mask makers are reporting a surge in demand from Australia. The country's only maker of wool-based mask filters, Lanaco, said orders had been strong, but it's also recently fielded an… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.New tenancy laws which aim to strengthen renters' rights is expected to be pushed through Parliament under urgency this week. The Residential Tenancy Amendment bill would make tenancies more secure… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.An Australian whose planned New Zealand holiday can't go ahead says Air New Zealand's lack of compassion about refunding has put him off the airline. Under current rules only New Zealand citizens… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.All Black Sam Whitelock played his 150th Super Rugby match over the weekend and he's auctioning the jersey he wore to raise money for a charity called Farmstrong. Farmstrong is a nationwide wellbeing… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.Victoria's declared a State of Disaster and introduced sweeping new restrictions across Melbourne under stage four. 671 new coronavirus cases have been detected since Saturday and 7 people have died… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Two Kiwi parents are desperate to get their toddler back home from India during Covid-19 border closures. Veena and Bharat Chaudhary's 17-month-old son, Miraan, has been stuck in India for seven… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.A foreign diplomat is self-isolating at a consular address in Auckland, because they opted not to enter managed isolation. Sixty people on diplomatic visas have arrived in New Zealand since the… Read more Audio

5:22 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veg, Glenn Forsyth joined Indira Stewart for a look at the week in fresh produce. Audio

5:10 AM.Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult says people are rattled after a skiier who was recently in the town tested positive for Covid-19 in South Korea, and a community testing blitz is a responsible… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.To Australia now where Victoria's declared a state of disaster and introduced sweeping new restrictions across Melbourne under stage four. 671 new coronavirus cases have been detected since Saturday… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Waikato dairy farmers Richard and Nadine McCullough have a 383 hectare dairy farm near Lake Karapiro, milking 650 friesian cows supplying milk to Open Country Dairy. They are this year's winners of… Read more Audio

5:30 AM.Nathan Rarere joins Indira Stewart for a look ahead at the weekend's sport. Audio

5:22 AM.A look at the weekend in fresh produce, our Minister of Fruit and Veg, Glenn Forsyth joins Indira Stewart. Audio

5:13 AM.Time to look at what's trending on social media now with Ellie Jay. Audio

5:09 AM.To the US where President Donald Trump has suggested that November's presidential election should be postponed, saying increased postal voting could lead to fraud and inaccurate results. Giles Gibson… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Fans of the board game Dungeons and Dragons are being treated to a theatre production of a game at Circa Theatre in Wellington over the next few Sundays. We were desperate to know more about it but… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.We've unrolled our map of New Zealand again - and this week our dart's landed on Taupo - where David Trewavas has been mayor since 2013, he talks with Indira Stewart. Audio

5:44 AM.A student who caught a man stalking her and taking dozens of inappropriate photos of her as she shopped in an Auckland pharmacy says she feels let down by police who told her they could do nothing… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.It was an early morning in Devonport yesterday, as HMNZS Aotearoa was officially commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy. The half-a-billion dollar logistics support vessel travelled from South… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 AM.New Zealand number 1 Ryan Fox says three months will be his limit on the European Golf Tour. Fox returned to the European Tour last week and just four days after arriving in the UK managed a top ten… Read more Audio