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5:21 AM.In the US - who will go up against President Trump in the next elections? The first debate kicking off the race to win the Democratic leadership will begin next week. A record 23 Democrats of diverse… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.As you know, we love to find out Who's Up at this time - and why they're awake bright and early. This morning we're joined by someone who's become just as well known for his twerking on Dancing With… Read more Audio

5:42 AM.Life or death under Pharmac. For many New Zealanders that's the reality they're confronted with everyday. Yesterday we began part one of a week-long series hearing stories from people who are… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 AM.What is a cartel and why is it illegal? Here's our business reporter, Kim Savage with the answer. Audio

5:25 AM.ANZ Bank won't say whether its Chief executive David Hisco was forced to step down over a disagreement about his claim for personal expenses. The country's highest paid bank boss stepped down at the… Read more Audio

5:56 AM.Our recent story on 14-year-old Stella Beswick who has SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) invoked such a huge response from our listeners and followers on social media who shared similar experiencies. So… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 AM.Yesterday the Ministry of Civil Defence was on standby for a possible tsunami threat after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit the Kermadec Islands. The Kermadecs are a chain of volcanic islands around 900… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Stuart Lee asks -- Does the Big Mac Currency Index (and similar) have any validity, or is it just a marketing gimmick? Down at the burger bar looking for an answer is business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio

5:25 AM.We do like to start the week on a healthy note - so it's time once again to talk with our fruit and vege expert Glenn Forsyth for tips on what's good on the markets. 5+ recommendations for June, vege… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Listening to that story was the Deputy Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki Allan Boreham. Audio

5:41 AM.A Samoan couple say Oranga Tamariki gave them less than 48 hours notice that their foster daughter of almost a year would be uplifted. They say they've tried repeatedly to apply to be the permanent… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.James Alexander heard our piece on gold as an investment the other day, and he wonders whether rare earth metals might be reasonable investments. Out fossicking for an answer is business editor, Gyles… Read more Audio

5:25 AM.It's Friday, and it's time to talk once more with our Fruit and Vege expert Glenn Forsyth - Costco coming to NZ Audio

5:22 AM.In a new trend for the dairy milk industry we can expect to see more sheep and goats milk filling our supermarket shelves. Waikato milking systems have built machinery specifically for milking sheep… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.New Zealand's biggest agricultural event, Fieldays, is in its third day. Our team spent quite a bit of time mooching around Mystery creek in Hamilton where the event is being held. Fieldays attracts… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.It's been hailed as the largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere with around 125,000 people attending every year. The gates at Mystery Creek in Hamilton, opened up yesterday for the… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 AM.Here at First Up we always want to hear from you if you're up with us at this time of the morning and starting your day early, Terene Batten drives a logging truck for McCarthy's transport in and… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.A 1960s pop-culture treasure trove has been uncovered during the renovations of a turn of the century (1901) villa in New Plymouth. When Katey Pittwood removed gib lining a bedroom in the Lemon Street… Read more Audio

5:53 AM.Yesterday we heard about an Auckland University study that found only 70 percent of Auckland's water fountains are drinkable and only two thirds of them were classed as clean. Tyla Goodsell-Matthews… Read more Audio

5:48 AM.If you were hoping to walk the Milford Track this year I'm afraid we have some bad news, The Milford Track is one of New Zealand's 'Great Walks' - a series of hiking and tramping tracks around the… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.Just under a week ago, Wanaka woman Kristi James went into labour four days early, and was forced to abandon her plans to have her second child at Dunedin hospital. But becase Wanaka doesn't have a… Read more Audio

5:38 AM.The Football Ferns lost their first game in the FIFA Women's World Cup this morning, going down 1 - 0 to a very strong side from the Netherlands. Joining me now from France is Football Ferns Coach Tom… Read more Audio