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5:44 AM.A woman involved in hiring the chief executive of the United Fire Brigades' Association says she tried to raise concerns about him and was brushed off. Bill Butzbach was stood down last week pending… Read more Audio

5:37 AM.Auckland secondary principals are relieved their students will get a further boost to their NCEA scores after the latest lockdown. Bonus credits were announced for all NCEA students after the first… Read more Audio

5:33 AM.We have our minister for Fruit and Veggies and now we are going to start taking a monthly look at Kai Moana. Keen fisherman Brett Sellers is Foodstuffs seafood operations manager and has been a… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.The son of a soldier in the Maori Battalion says he was blown away to learn his father never received his war medals. A list of 134 soldiers from the Battalion's C company has been published online… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.To the US where they are exactly 8 weeks out from their presidential election and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden is still ahead in many polls - but - as Donald Trump proved in 2016, that… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.The Labour Party has promised to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022 if re-elected - in what would be the first new public holiday in nearly 50 years. Earlier this year nearly 35 thousand people… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.One of Kiwibank's Local Hero medal recipients has now been dropped as a client, and Kiwibank are closing her bank accounts. Long-time cannabis campaigner Rose Renton, who makes and sells medicinal… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Border closures, physical distancing and number restrictions are putting a stop to concerts this year, leaving many fans disappointed. Ticketmaster's website is full of postponed, rescheduled and… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.The Attorney-General has pointed out numerous breaches of the Bill of Rights in the Government's new drug driving legislation. The law allows the police to conduct random roadside drug testing similar… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.If you're on the look out for a gorgeous high spec car with only a few k's on the clock, a new place in Morrinsville with an interesting history or a replacement bed for that digger-obsessed child in… Read more Audio

5:06 AM.Our UK correspondent Henry Riley talks with Indira about the surge in covid cases there with Health Secretary Matt Hancock laying some of the blame on affluent young people. Audio

5:54 AM.After a false start due to the re-emergence of Covid-19 in the community - we're back on the countdown to the election, with parliament dissolving yesterday. Party leaders are on the campaign trail -… Read more Audio

5:49 AM.The National Party says anyone who refuses a test on day three of their stay in a managed isolation facility should automatically be moved into quarantine. Currently it's only compulsory for testing… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.It's been a little over a week since the first big movie release since Covid-19 locked down much of the world - but has it been the saviour of cinema? Tenet, from director Christopher Nolan - which… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Covid-19 has changed everyone's routine but teenagers and kids in particular may be feeling it most. Constant changes to school, hobbies, and life in general could be causing stress for many kids… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.To the Monday fruit and vegetable markets - Glenn Forsyth reminisced with Indira about his dad Jack's love of potatoes. Audio

5:09 AM.It was supposed to be a chance for New Zealanders to follow in the footsteps of Prince, Ed Sheeran and the Royal New Zealand Ballet and tread the boards of Auckland's Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre. But days… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.New research shows Māori are 50 per cent more likely to die from Covid-19 than other ethnic groups. The Te Pūnaha Matatini study also found the number could be higher, depending on age and underlying… Read more Audio

5:46 AM.Meet a local town hero from Auckland's Northshore - 86-year-old Māori Warden Peggy Hughes.

Peggy has been serving in her community as a volunteer for about 60 years and officially as a Māori Warden… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 AM.Medical students at Otago say the university's vice chancellor Harlene Hayne has refused to meet with them over proposed changes to medical school admissions through the Māori Entry Pathway. A… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.In the first fresh fruit and vegetable market report for spring, Indira discussed sweet potato toast with our Minister of Fruit and Veges Glenn Forsyth as well as good buys for the weekend. Audio

5:11 AM.Women's representative rugby returns to the paddock this weekend when the Farah Palmer Cup finally kicks off. There were fears earlier this year that the fallout from Covid-19 would cancel the… Read more Audio

5:09 AM.The principal of Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School wants the Qualifications Authority to let schools decide if their students should sit NCEA exams in November. Kiri Turketo, says many… Read more Audio