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5:52 AM.Who's making the money out of EFTPOS paywave fees - Leonard Powell investigates. Audio

5:52 AM.Who's making the money out of EFTPOS paywave fees - Leonard Powell investigates. Audio

5:47 AM.DOC's Tom Barker is an archaelogist by trade and looks after a whole lot of the South Island on our behalf - he talked with Nathan Rarere about his dream job. Audio

5:33 AM.The NZ International Comedy Festival is here and Tony Lyall has brand new jokes for the masses. Audio

5:23 AM.Winter is almost here - and the folks at 5+ A Day have their picks on what will keep you healthy - our Minister of Fruit and Veggies has the details Audio

5:12 AM.France sends crack troops to Noumea to quell the violence - Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports from Europe Audio

5:05 AM.Former President Trump get the endorsement of the NRA - and promises to roll back Biden administration gun rules - Mitch McCann reports in from New York. Audio

5:51 AM.Spike Milligan's much loved story Bad Jelly gets a live make-over this weekend at the Auckland Writers Fest - Olivia Tennet and Tom Broome take the classic tale to the stage. Audio

5:47 AM.Explainer Editor Katie Kenny breaks down the new sub-variants of Covid-19 that are facing us this winter. Audio

5:24 AM.It's pumpkin soup season - Glenn Forsyth is excited for us all - and Fruit of the Week: NZ Green Kiwifruit Audio

5:15 AM.Gabon's deposed president Ali Bongo has gone on a hunger strike - correspondent Nabil Ahmed Rufai tells us why. Audio

5:10 AM.Kalafi Moala reports on the latest Pacific news - and leads with the violence in New Caledonia Audio

5:05 AM.President Biden and his rival Donald Trump have agreed on dates for election debates - Bevan Hurley has the news out of the USA Audio

5:51 AM.Labour's Carmel Sepuloni responds to news of increasing violence in French Polynesia Audio

5:46 AM.Wellington's Phoenix soccer team faces history this weekend with the second leg of their A-League Semi-final - Nathan Rarere talked with defender Sam Sutton Audio

5:36 AM.Rower Brooke Francis today heads to Switzerland in a bid to take a seat in the boat for the Paris Olympics, she talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

5:25 AM.Travel between Manawatu and Hawkes Bay looks to improve travel times - Jimmy Ellingham reports on how the new Te Ahu a Turanga project is progressing Audio

5:18 AM.France's President Emmanuel Macron meets with security forces over the situation in French Polynesia - correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund joined the programme from Europe Audio

5:13 AM.Israel continues its offensive in Gaza - Alex Baird has the latest from the region. Audio

5:06 AM.Knife crime is making headlines in the UK - and police are being urged to use controversial stop and search powers - Henry Riley has more from London Audio

5:52 AM.When Emily King sent the invite to her daughter's first birthday, she didn't intend to invite everybody on her contact list.. she talked with Nathan Rarere about the awkward situation she found… Read more Audio

5:47 AM.Comedian Ed Amon would have like to have been in Vanuatu right now - he says there's nothing funny about the collapse of Air Vanuatu Audio

5:25 AM.David Tua's signed some gloves for charity - Tiana Barns talks interesting auctions on TradeMe Audio

5:16 AM.Anas Mallick has all the news out of South Asia - where India is dealing with the world's biggest election and a billboard disaster in Mumbai Audio

5:12 AM.Bevan Hurley's covering the Trump trial, where the former President's ex-fixer Michael Cohen has spent another day on the witness stand Audio