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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

5:47 AM.First Up's General Knowledge quiz - Monday Read more Audio

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

5:34 AM.Rare 118-million-year-old Fossil feathers discovered in Australia show the first evidence that polar dinosaurs were in Australia. These 'proto feathers' could suggest smaller, fluffy dinosaurs were… Read more Audio

5:23 AM.The government's being told it's got to toughen up its action plan to stop thousands of seabirds being killed by the fishing industry. Between three thousand and fourteen thousand seabirds died in… Read more Audio

5:10 AM.The second week of impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump is underway with top witnesses scheduled to testify. The inquiry has reached the most crucial stage with the public expected to hear… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.We're up early and we love to hear stories of who's up and about with us at 5am. This week, we're at West End rowing club where early risers are out on the Whau river as the sun comes up. Rower Hannah… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 AM.To the UK now, where Prince Andrew's weekend interview with the BBC is still the biggest story around.. Joining us now is our UK correspondent Alex Cadier in London. Audio