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Students and graduates are being encouraged to take on internships to make them stand out from other candidates in a tough employment market. Eleisha Balmer is a Client Partner at Eleven PR and got in touch with us to stress the importance of internships. She spoke to John Campbell.

The latest news in Samoan language (Gagana Samoa).

An early morning sports news update.

The latest market updates and news from RNZ's business team.

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of melanoma in the world, and the highest death rate. Bronwen McNoe, Senior Research Fellow & Co-director of the Cancer Society Research Collaboration spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Budgets, buses and fair pay. It was another packed weekend in the lead up to election day. Political reporter Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira has been on the campaign trail.

The vulnerability of New Zealand Police cyber crime capabilities is under the spotlight. RNZ can reveal a 2024 assessment by Australian Federal Police found many weaknesses and gaps. Phil Pennington's investigation led to these revelations and he spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Labour says it can balance the books without shrinking the economy, as the party reveals its Fiscal Plan. Labour's finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds spoke to John Campbell.

This morning's top stories and other headlines

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

An early morning update from RNZ's business team.

The head of prisons in the US State of Tennessee has resigned after the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike. Nonprofit organisation, American Civil Liberties Union, runs a Capital Punishment Project, which works towards the repeal of the death penalty in the United States. They campaigned against the execution of Christa Pike. Maria DeLiberato is a Senior Counsel for the project and...

The Australian Federal Police says a counterterrorism team is investigating the Australian links of a FlyDubai pilot who allegedly attacked his co-pilot. ABC Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss from Jerusalem.

The latest rural news with Gianina Schwanecke.

An early morning sports news update.

There are plenty of new faces vying for the seat of West Coast Tasman. The seat has traditionally been a Labour stronghold but has been held by National's Maureen Pugh for the last term. Samantha Gee reports.

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

ACT has become the latest of the major political parties to release a KiwiSaver policy this election. It's promising to remove tax on KiwiSaver earnings and scrap Government contributions. Terry Baucher, director of an Auckland-based tax consultancy firm spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

Ke-Xin Li finds out how parents are juggling competing demands these school holidays.

Australia is home to more than 170,000 Maori, many of whom will be eligible to vote in Election 2026. Community leader Kiri Barber is working hard to get people to enrol to vote. He spoke to First Up about what inspried him to start the work and some of the barriers to getting people signed up.

Ross McNaughton finds out how many people are across the new changes to road rules.

Glenn Forsyth, First Up's Minister of Fruit and Veg, highlights magnificent mushrooms and receommends salad and navel oranges for the week ahead.

Correspondent Katherine Firkin has the latest from New York.

On today's First Up pod: news from the United States, Monday's fresh produce outlook, finding out who is across the new road rules, encouraging Maori in Australia to vote, and counting the cost of school holidays as parents juggle work and parenting.