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5:24 AM.It's imported tropical fruit season - Minister of Fruit and Veggies has the fruity news from the markets. Fruit of the Week: NZ MandarinsZ Audio

5:16 AM.Lions have forced a school closure in Namibia, AND an elephant has killed a tourist..Nabil Ahmend Rufai reports. Audio

5:10 AM.An attack on a nurse at a Tongan prison might change the way mental patients are treated in custody - Kalafi Moala has the news from the Pacific Audio

5:05 AM.Boeing's issues have gone off planet - Bevan Hurley reports on issue's with the company's Starliner spacecraft Audio

5:51 AM.It's been another busy week in Parliament - Labour's Deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni joins Nathan Rarere for her weekly report form our nation's capital. Audio

5:45 AM.Earlier this week, Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson announced her cancer diagnosis, producer Mahvash Ikram spoke with Breast Cancer Foundation CEO Ah-Leen Rayner Audio

5:35 AM.Not many high school's have steel drum bands - but Bream Bay College has The Panimals - reporter Peter de Graaf meets the band Audio

5:24 AM.Protests over water-quality is a big issue on the West Coast - have protesters gone too far? Reporter Samantha Gee has more. Audio

5:16 AM.As Christopher Luxon's visit to Japan comes to an end, our own Chris Gilbert reports on what our Prime Minister got up to once his delegation eventually arrived. Audio

5:11 AM.Polls in France aren't favouring President Emmanuel Macron - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the latest numbers Audio

5:06 AM.UK inflation is down to its lowest level in three years - will it be enough to save the Conservative government? Ellie Jay has the numbers. Audio

5:54 AM.West Aucklanders met again last night to talk floods - and one man blames his anxiety and hospitalisation on Auckland Council's lack of action. Mahvash Ikram went along to the meeting. Audio

5:49 AM.The NZ Mens Hockey team is heading to the Olympics - but this time there will be no women's team - Nathan Rarere talked with keeper Dom Dixon Audio

5:47 AM.As Auckland Airport's construction project enters another decade - reporter Jessica Hopkins spoke with Auckland Airport chief operating officer, Chloe Surridge for the latest reveal at our biggest… Read more Audio

5:24 AM.A Queenstown house and a charity auction for World Vision feature on TradeMe listings this week. Audio

5:16 AM.The IDF wants to pause fighting to allow humanitarian aid - a plan not shared by the Prime Minister - Alex Baird is in the Middle East Audio

5:11 AM.A 12 year old girl has been rescued by Pakistani police as she was being prepared for marriage to a 72 year old man - Anas Mallick has the details Audio

5:05 AM.Justin Timberlake is charged with DUI - Bevan Hurley updates us on the news out of the USA Audio

5:52 AM.More reports of severe turbulance from the weekend - Air New Zealand's Chief Flight Operations and Safety Officer Captain David Morgan tells us how pilots deal with it. Audio

5:45 AM.Every week we catch up with Finance Minister Nicola Willis - this week she ran us through the importance of Prime Minister Chris Luxon's trade mission to Japan Audio

5:36 AM.DoC Ranger Dave Rogers has been working at Te Papa Kura o Taranaki for 49 years, back then it was called the Egmont National Park! Audio

5:25 AM.Rotorua's to get a new multisport skatepark - Local Democracy reporter Laura Smith has the news from Geyser-town Audio

5:17 AM.Protests and inflation are leading the news out of Latin America - Kate Pereya-Garcia joins First Up from Argentina Audio

5:11 AM.Fresh from his visit to Aotearoa, Chinese Premier Li meets Aussie PM Albanese - Pam Corkery has the news out of Brisban''e' Audio

5:06 AM.Political polls are showing the UK's Conservatives are heading for a huge defeat in the upcoming election - Henry Riley takes us through the numbers Audio