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5:43 AM.Crossing to the UK now, with our correspondent Alex Cadier. Audio

5:38 AM.Moeraki locals are upset at the increasing amount of visitors etching their names into the famous boulders. They're asking DOC and the Waitaki District Council to put a stop to the behaviour, which… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Do you prefer red or green apples? People have traditionally favoured red-skinned apples but soon they may become a luxury food item due to climate change. Warmer temperatures are affecting the… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Are you just a little over your traditional Christmas tree? How does a smoke-breathing, Godzilla shaped tree sound to you? For more on Tree-zilla and other interesting auctions on TradeMe this week… Read more Audio

5:11 AM.A hard hitting report into winter grazing practices has made 11 recommendations, but the true extent of the problem remains unknown. The special taskforce into winter grazing was set up in August… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.The National Park Chief Fire Officer says women shouldn't be afraid to join the ranks. Marilla Swift was recently part of regions first all-female response crew during a callout. She says it was a… Read more Audio

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5:43 AM.A New Zealand midwife has spent the last few weeks in Peru where she travelled to help a first-time mum give birth in a hut in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. It isn't the first time Sharon… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.Joining me now from the fruit and vegetable markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth.. Audio

5:08 AM.Voters in Hong Kong have turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots in the territory's district council elections. Nearly 2.9 million people had voted in the hour before polls shut - that's a… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Now's your chance to see New Zealand's future dance stars in action. The New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington are having their graduation season performances through until next weekend at Te… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.Joining me now for a look at the weekend's fruit and vege bargains is Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:12 AM.The owner of a new Auckland daycare centre which will be open for 13 hours a day, says he's doing it to meet the needs of families in his community. Rrahul Dosshi from the Rainbow Corner Group, says… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.Let's begin in Washington DC where this week's last two witnesses are appearing before the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Joining us now is our correspondent Nick Harper. Audio

5:51 AM.Every week, we're finding out the stories behind the people who are leading our district communities all around the country. We're speaking to a different mayor every week and this morning we have… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.As the bush fires in Australia rage on - stories of the bravery of everyday people continue. More than a million people around the world have now watched a video of Aussie woman Toni Doherty and her… Read more Audio

5:32 AM.Hunua MP Andrew Bayley says his electorate will be severely impacted by proposed boundary changes. The changes would see the Hunua electorate lose almost two-thirds of its area to a new electorate… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Waitangi yesterday - the first members of the Royal family to visit the treaty grounds in 25 years. Prince Charles first visited almost half a… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.But first to US, where Donald Trump's Ambassador to the European Union has delivered a historic bombshell testimony before the impeachment inquiry in Washington. Gordon Sondland made several… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.There are calls for dental care to be either heavily subsidised or free - as the amount of debt beneficiaries are racking up to pay for dental work comes to light. Figures from the Ministry for Social… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.The mother of a University of Otago medical student says it's overkill to stop interns from graduating with their peers, despite being caught abusing their overseas work placements. On Monday, the… Read more Audio

5:44 AM.Women working on New Zealand's railways are deliberately dehydrating themselves - or even taking medication - to stop themselves from going toilet due to a lack of facilities. The Rail & Maritime… Read more Audio