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5:24 AM.Controversy at the produce markets with a vegetable named Fruit of the Week! Associate Minister Richard Warwick explains Audio

5:16 AM.Usyk v Dubois this weekend, ESPN's James Regan looks at big fight Audio

5:11 AM.An arrest in the hit and run death of the world's oldest marathon runner - Ana Mallick joins from Pakistan Audio

5:52 AM.Labour's education spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime talks open-plan classrooms and other political issues of the week Audio

5:47 AM.Henry Riley reports from London where Prime Minister Starmer has moved on some of his backbench MPs Audio

5:24 AM.Taranaki is winning the war on rats, but may lose its local Polytech - Robin Martin has the stories Audio

5:15 AM.The Tactix play the Pulse in an elimination final this Sunday - Tactix Coach Donna Wilkins talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

5:11 AM.Australia correspondent Emma Cropper tells us about Prime Minister Albanese's visit to China Audio

5:51 AM.The Tour de France heads in to the mountain stages, Kiwi pro-cyclist George Bennett gave us his insights from his home in Andorra Audio

5:47 AM.An Israeli plan to move the entire population of Gaza to the city of Rafah is causing friction between the government and the millitary - Alex Baird reports. Audio

5:23 AM.A project hotrod is hot property on TradeMe this week - Emma Bacon has the details Audio

5:16 AM.Joseph Parker heads to the UK to be ringside at the Usyk/Dubois fight, he talked with producer Ross McNaughton Audio

5:13 AM.A report into the deaths of aid workers in Tigray has been released, Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Africa. Audio

5:51 AM.Nicola Willis talks floods, funding and other political issues of the week Audio

5:46 AM.Henry Riley beams in from London with a terrible tale of child manslaughter Audio

5:25 AM.LDR's Max Frethey updates us on the Nelson/Tasman floods and other stories from the region Audio

5:16 AM.Dunedin seaside suburb of St Clair is a surprising hub of Italian foodie culture - Tess Brunton has the story Audio

5:11 AM.South Korea's medical students are back from an 18 month long boycott - Chris Gilbert has the story Audio

5:52 AM.Social media influencers are all duck billed and heavily made-up - some popular content creators are all about fish - Ross McNaughton explains Audio

5:47 AM.Funerals for flood victims, ICE raids and a case of the plague in Arizona. Eleisha Foon is in the US so you don't have to be. Audio

5:26 AM.While Fruit and Veggie Minister Glenn is on international trade duty, Associate Minister James McLean puts on the gumboots Audio

5:12 AM.The EU intends to retaliate as Trump imposes a 30 tariff on imports. Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the details Audio

6:30 AM.On today's First Up pod: the latest from around the world with our people in Africa and North America; Professor of Psychology and brain health Alice Theadom talks about the work she's doing to… Read more Audio

5:52 AM.Female athletes also suffer from concussion at high rates than their male counterparts - AUT Professor Alice Theadom is part of a project to improve the numbers Audio

5:46 AM.Bevan Hurley joins us from the USA where anger is mounting over the deadly Texas floods Audio