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5:46 AM.Athlete Anna Grimaldi has won gold in Paris - it's her second medal of the games, she talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

5:25 AM.Our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth answers the question "how do we get people to eat more vegetables?" Audio

5:16 AM.France has a new Prime Minister, but not everyone is happy with Emmanuel Macron's pick - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the news from Europe Audio

5:12 AM.A controversial appointment in Tonga, Kalafi Moala reports on the new Chief Justice who is an 80 year old gay Welshsman Audio

5:06 AM.Police in the US state of Kentucky are looking for a suspect in a shooting on a rural highway - Katherine Firkin reports from New York Audio

5:51 AM.Women are sick of being ripped off by mechanics - Melissa Hannan is running classes for women wanting to know more about their cars. Audio

5:46 AM.Explainer editor Katie Kenny talks school governance in the wake of a wide-ranging review by the Ministry of Education Audio

5:46 AM.Recipes and bargains from the Minister of Fruit and Veges, Glenn Forsyth this week, Fruit of the Week: new season NZ Hass Avocados Audio

5:14 AM.Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being set on fire by her ex-boyfriend in Kenya - Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Africa Audio

5:06 AM.The US Department of Justice has moved against a media company they say was funded from Russia - Politico's Zach Montellaro has the details Audio

5:52 AM.Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime has been at Ngaruawahia - she talked of her experience at the tangi of Kiingi Tuheitia Audio

5:46 AM.The community around Tuurangawaewae Marae has been pulling together in preparation for the burial of Kiingi Tuheitia - Jason Tarawhiti has been preparing the burial site on Taupiri Maunga Audio

5:28 AM.A Tapa once gifted to Prime Minister Norman Kirk has been taken from storage in Palmerston North and is now in the hands of a local MP - Jimmy Ellingham tells the story Audio

5:19 AM.Protests continue in Israel into how Prime Minister Netanyahu has handled the hostage situation - Doha based Alex Baird joined First Up Audio

5:13 AM.Ukraine's Foreign Minister has resigned - Anita Purcell-Sjölund tells us why Audio

5:06 AM.The report into the 2017 Grenfell disater is out - Ellie Jay has the details Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: we catch up on what's happening with our Paralympians in Paris, with Chef de Mission Raylene Bates where we have four medals now; the international visitor levy is going from… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.International visitors are set to pay more to visit New Zealand - producer Leonard Powell hit the streets to find out more. Audio

5:46 AM.Another medal for New Zealand at the Paralympics - Chef de Mission Raylene Bates talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

5:23 AM.Gore is synonymous with country music, but that was news to TradeMe's Tiana Barns.. she talked with First Up producer Matthew Hutching. Audio

5:15 AM.A suicide attack in Afghanistan is leading the news out of South Asia, Anas Mallick reports from Islamabad, Pakistan Audio

5:06 AM.For the first time ever, a major Australia political party will be lead by an indigenous woman - Pam Corkery has the story out of Brisbane Audio

5:52 AM.Finance Minister Nicola talks about how she will remember Kiingi Tuheitia Audio

5:48 AM.Our producer Mahvash Ikram talks to a woman who kept working through chemotherapy, just so she could pay her mortgage. Audio

5:26 AM.The latest from North Canterbury with Local Democracy Reporter David Hill. Audio