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5:50 AM.Four members of the Anglican Church have spent the night chained together outside Erica Stanford's office in Auckland - the Rev. Philppa Young spoke with Nathan Rarere. Audio

5:45 AM.Henry Riley reports from the UK Labour Party's conference in Liverpool Audio

5:25 AM.LDR's Matt Rosenberg has all the news from the neighbourhoods around Invercargill/Southland. Audio

5:12 AM.Japan's governing party is to pick a new leader who will become PM - Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo Audio

5:52 AM.New Zealanders over 50 years of age appear to be embracing AI - Ke-Xin Li has the story Audio

5:46 AM.President Trump sends the troops in to Portland, Katherine Firkin reports from New York. Audio

5:26 AM.5+ A Day is shouting Asparagus from the roof tops, Glenn Forsyth attempts to sell them to the nation.. Audio

5:17 AM.Toe wrestling is a thing, yes it is! Seven times women's Toe Wrestling world champ, Lisa "Twinkle-toes" Shenton joined First Up. Audio

5:11 AM.Russia spends the weekend pounding Ukraine's cities from the sky - Anita Purcell-Sjölund reports from Sweden Audio

5:52 AM.Trump lines up another one of his enemies, Bevan Hurley reports from a very busy New York City.. Audio

5:44 AM.A full-on rugby weekend awaits, The All Blacks V The Wallabies with a curtain raising final of the Under 85 championship.. Audio

5:23 AM.Minister of Fruit and Veg Glenn Forsyth brings the Friday freshness, and his Fruit of the Week Audio

5:52 AM.MP Jan Tinetti talks politics of the week from the Labour party's perspective Audio

5:49 AM.Gaza's few remaining hospitals are being overwhelmed, Alex Baird reports from Doha Audio

5:44 AM.RNZ's political report Anneke Smith is in New York for leaders week at the UN Audio

5:24 AM.UN World Heritage status for Russell is on the cards - and a goose is ruled out of contention in the race for the Whangarei Mayoralty - Peter de Graaf reports. Audio

5:12 AM.PM Albanese meets Donald Trump, and an ex-All White avoids conviction - Emma Cropper reports from Sydney Audio

5:54 AM.On this day 80 years ago the RNZAF suffered its worst aircrash ever, director of the Air Force Museum Brett Marshall told us the story Audio

5:50 AM.Producer Matthew Hutch tells about DNA Drive, a project which needs insects from your car number plate.. Audio

5:21 AM.TradeMe's Emma Bacon has her list of the week's featured auctions on TradeMe - this week she leads with a house/plane hangar Audio

5:12 AM.Botswanans get a day off after success at the World Athletics Championships Audio

5:50 AM.As Winston Peters prepares to unveil New Zealand's position on Palestinian statehood, we hit the streets to find out what regular folk reckon Audio

5:45 AM.Jeffery Epstein continues his influence from beyond the grave, HEnry Riley reports from London Audio

5:45 AM.Jeffery Epstein continues his influence from beyond the grave, HEnry Riley reports from London Audio

5:25 AM.Racy Tik Tok dances have been employed in the Eastern Bay of Plenty to get people out to vote, LDR's Diane Mccarthy has the story from Whakatane Audio