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5:45 AM.Water quality is an issue for our Olympic triathletes - Nathan Rarere caught up with medal prospect Hayden Wilde Audio

5:23 AM.Mushrooms are on the Minister's mind when he catches Nathan up on the local produce markets. Audio

5:14 AM.Our correspondent in Sweden, Anita Purcell-Sjölund tells Nathan about the Russian media deciding not to cover the Olympics as there are only 15 athletes from Russia competing but not for the country… Read more Audio

5:08 AM.Our US correspondent Katherine Firkin updates Nathan on the US Olympic team resutls and Team Kamala Harris raises $US200m in first week campaigning. Audio

5:51 AM.New Zealand House is where Nathan Rarere will be based for the Paris Games, Sharon Van Gulik is the Olympic team's commercial director and showed him around the little piece of Aotearoa on the Champs… Read more Audio

5:51 AM.Olympic Chef de Mission Nigel Avery unveilled our team's flag bearers - Nathan Rarere talked with one of the flag bearerers Jo Aleh just after she was named. Audio

5:37 AM.Fresh off a great few rounds of golf in Scotland, Kiwi golfer Daniel Hillier is heading to Paris - Leonard Powell caught up with him for a chat Audio

5:32 AM.RNZ Explainer editor Katie Kenny breaks down the new sports we are seeing at the Paris Olympics - one of them being breaking! Audio

5:22 AM.Winter veges are in full supply - as are pineapples from Costa Rica (Fruit of the Week!) - Glenn Forsyth updates us from the fresh produce markets Audio

5:14 AM.Landslides in Ethiopia have killed hundreds of people - Nabil Ahmed Rufai joins First Up from Ghana Audio

5:05 AM.President Biden has explained his reasons fro dropping his run for President, Bevan Hurley has all the news out of the USA. Audio

5:49 AM.With the report of the Royal Commission of inquiry into Abuse in Care now tabled in Parliament, Labour's Carmel Sepuloni talked with First Up's Jimmy Ellingham about how the Government should respond.

5:44 AM.Upper Hutt's Cameron Harrison Butchery took out the big prize at last night's Bacon Awards - Jimmy Ellingham talked with owner/butcher Rob Cameron Audio

5:35 AM.Claire Warren is a biosecurity advisor for the Department of Conservation in the Hauraki Gulf - what exactly does that job entail? She talked with First Up's Jimmy Ellingham. Audio

5:25 AM.Tourism is booming in Otago - regional reporter Tess Brunton tells us about a vacancy in the role of freedom camping ambassador Audio

5:17 AM.It's all go in Paris for the Olympics - but they're still without a new Prime Minister, Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the latest from Europe Audio

5:13 AM.Anas Mallick is our correspondent in Pakistan, where the offices of Imran Khan's party has been raided by police. Audio

5:06 AM.Sir Keir Starmer faces question time for the first time as UK Prime Minister - Ellie Jay has the details from London Audio

5:52 AM.Ponsonby Rd is the quietest it's been for decades according to retailers along Auckland's premier shopping strip - First Up producer Mahvash Ikram asked them how they're faring Audio

5:48 AM.The report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is released this afternoon - a woman born intersex tells reporter Amy Williams about her experience of abuse. Audio

5:26 AM.Off grid living and a Rolls Royce Phantom V feature on TradeMe this week, as well as an art work made from an old Jimi Hendrix cassette - Tiana Barns explains Audio

5:17 AM.Israel has struck targets in Yemen - Alex Baird has the latest news from the Middle East Audio

5:12 AM.Kamala Harris has secured the numbers she needs to be the Democrat's presidential nomination - Bevan Hurley has the latest from the US Presidential campaign. Audio

5:06 AM.An Australian woman has been attacked in Paris only days from the Olympics kicking off - Pam Corkery joined First Up with the news out of Australia Audio

5:50 AM.It's been a day since President Joe Biden ended his run for a second term as President, correspondent Simon Marks fills us in on a monumental day in US history. Audio