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5:53 AM.Willow-Jean Prime talks the political issues of the week from the Labour Party's perspective Audio

5:46 AM.Nathan visits the big new exhibition at the Auckland War Memorial Museum called Sharks. Audio

5:25 AM.A Taranaki fishing charter company is facing charges for a 2022 incident at the Patea Bar. Robin Martin has more details. Audio

5:16 AM.Australia's under-26 social media ban is now in force, Emma Cropper tells Nathan how it's being received. Audio

5:53 AM.St Helliers school children visit their penpals at a local resthome, Ke-xin Li has the story. Audio

5:48 AM.It's been a year since the fall of Syria's Assad regime. Alex Baird reports from Doha Audio

5:24 AM.TradeMe's Emma Bacon looks back at the most viewed listings of 2025 Audio

5:16 AM.Tanzania's government cracks down on protests, Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Ghana. Audio

5:51 AM.The deputy Prime Minister David Seymour talks RMA replacement and Fast Track Approvals. Audio

5:46 AM.Ukraine's President Zelensky is in the UK for talks - Ellie Jay reports from London Audio

5:27 AM.A Southland pool is under code brown alert - but staff are undeterred. Matthew Rosenberg has the story. Audio

5:19 AM.It was an historic moment at Mitre 10 Park Hawke's Bay on Saturday. Running prodigy Sam Ruthe shattered the New Zealand secondary schools 1500 metre record - with a time of 3 minutes, 38 point 62… Read more Audio

5:14 AM.Tension are high between China and Japan - Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo Audio

5:53 AM.Aidan Thompson is a bee-keeper, and he's only 11.. Ke-xin Li has the story Audio

5:47 AM.President Trump attacks immigrants and awards Gene Simmons a Kennedy Centre honour as Katherine Firkin reports. Audio

5:23 AM.Zucchini or courgette? Glenn Forsyth has the answer. OR DOES HE? Audio

5:14 AM.Talks between the US and Ukraine have been held in Florida - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the news out of Europe Audio

5:52 AM.It's Whangarei's turn to host an A & P show, Nathan Rarere talked with Ellie Ball, project lead for the A&P Society Audio

5:47 AM.An arrest overnight in the US of a suspect in the January 2020 Washington pipe bomb case - correspondent Zach Montellaro has the details Audio

5:27 AM.Only two weeks to go until Fruit of the Year - no one's more excited than the Minister of Fruit and Veggies - today Fruit of the Week: NZ blackberries Audio

5:18 AM.Glenfield College celebrates the retirement of a number long serving teachers tonight, producer Matthew Hutching talked with two of them, Alistair Tod and David Aston Audio

5:13 AM.Vladimir Putin is in India for talks, Anas Mallick has the details from Islamabad Audio

5:51 AM.MP Ingrid Leary has been caught using an AI chatbot to write questions - how widespread is the use of AI in parliament? Nathan put the question to Labour's Willow-Jean Prime Audio

5:46 AM.The President of Germany is on a state visit to the UK - Ellie Jay has the news out of London Audio

5:26 AM.Whitianga hotels have lost bookings after the summer concert tour featuring Iggy Pop and Joan Jett bypassed the Coromandel town in favour of an Auckland show, Ayana Piper-Healion reports. Audio