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5:35 AM.Next week Stats NZ will release the latest economic growth numbers -- what goes into them and what about the other measures of economic growth. Here's our business reporter, Nona Pelletier with the… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Today, on world suicide prevention day, the Prime Minister and Health Minister will announce a suicide prevention plan. It comes just two weeks after we found out suicide rates in New Zealand had… Read more Audio

5:43 AM.A former international student has complained that he saw cheating and unruly behaviour in a course at Whitireia Polytechnic last year. The polytechnic has denied the allegations, saying it hasn't… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.What is the Capital Markets Review? Here's our business reporter, Nona Pelletier with the answer. Audio

5:27 AM.Hannah Hall, an excelling first-year student studying te reo Māori at Victoria University of Wellington, says she's reluctant to pursue a career involving te reo because she's Pākehā.   Read more Audio

5:24 AM.KiwiRail is planning to take on prisoners as track-workers - in the wake of the government's new investment in Northland rail. The company is advertising for about twenty paid staff as it begins the… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.The five-week suspension of the British Parliament will begin later this morning, after MPs are expected to again reject government calls for a snap election. Opposition MPs confirmed they would not… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.A South Auckland Doctor says the measles outbreak in his community has become a crisis and a public health emergency. This comes less than a week after Associate Minister for Health Julianne Genter… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 AM.The Mental Health Foundation says the government needs to look at more funding for DHB's as part of their mental health plan. Yesterday the foundation welcomed the government's announcement to boost… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Fonterra has delayed its financial result because its auditors need more time, a What do auditors do and how could it take so long? Here with the answer is our business reporter, Madison Reidy. Audio

5:26 AM.We're well into September now, and that means a whole bunch more fruit and vegetables are making their way into stores after that long, wet winter. Joining us now is our fruit and vege man Glenn… Read more Audio

5:18 AM.Ko Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori - it's Māori language week, and while many people are being encouraged to give te reo Māori a go for the first time, the language is just a normal part of life in one Kapiti… Read more Audio

8:00 AM.Tongan Kahoa Meimuli and New Zealander Brendan Corbett met in 1977 in Palmerston North. They could barely communicate because of the language barrier. After 42 years of marriage, Brendan is now a… Read more Video

5:54 AM.Christchurch resident Marley Sola is a rising star. The former X-Factor NZ contestant has performed alongside artists such as Araadnha, Sons of Zion, Hollie Smith and Maisey Rika. He dropped in to… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 AM.An angry whanau says a contestant on The Block defaced a portrait of their kuia and they're calling for a formal apology. Turangi couple Mikaere and Sophia Gardiner, who have been renovating the… Read more Audio

5:26 AM.And now for a market update - a fruit and vege market update, we talk now with our produce guru Glenn Forsyth. Audio

5:23 AM.A meaty protest has got out of hand, before it even started. It came about after a vegan woman called Cilla Carden from Perth took her neighbours all the way to the Supreme Court - to stop them having… Read more Audio

5:20 AM.Tongan loose forward Zane Kapeli is about to play the biggest rugby match of his life but it's not the opportunity to take on the All Blacks that Kapeli will be forever thankful to the Ikale Tahi for… Read more Audio

5:54 AM.There was a mixture of frustration and apathy among Auckland University students about the measles - as the number of cases in the city continues to rise. Our producer Lydia Batham and videographer… Read more Audio

5:40 AM.Set your alarm clocks. The Tall Blacks face off against Greece at midnight tonight New Zealand time in their final pool match at the Fiba basketball World Cup. Our sports reporter Matt Chatterton is… Read more Audio

5:35 AM.Why is the sharemarket smashing records when all the headlines talk of global gloom, volatility and recession. Here's business editor, Gyles Beckford Audio

5:09 AM.To the UK now where MPs have backed a bill to block a no-deal Brexit, which could trigger the Prime Minister to seek a general election. Yesterday, Boris Johnson lost his majority in the House and… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.A cap on the interest rates loan sharks can charge will make a difference for families struggling with debt - but it doesn't go far enough. That's from Christians Against Poverty - who say they're… Read more Audio

5:36 AM.Is it really true that Kiwis rip off the insurance companies to the tune of 600-million dollars or more a year? Here's business editor Gyles Beckford Audio