Morning Edition: 20 July 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
No, the news talks had been newsroom, this is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, the Education Minister is signaling big changes
could be on the cards for NCA. Eric At Stanford's
admitted ditching Level one is an option on the table.
It follows a damning briefing presented to the government in
June which highlights major problems within CA, such as courses
structured around easy to get credits and a lack of exams.

(00:30):
Minister Stanford told own newsroom decisions will be made shortly
to address issues within CEA.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Instead of having a curriculum that is knowledge rich year
by year internationally comparable that drives assessment, we have standards
that drive what is being.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Taught overseas and at least thirty people have been injured
after a vehicle plowed into a crowd in Los Angeles.
A queue of mostly women, were waiting to enter a
nightclub near Santa Monica Boulevard when the car struck at
about two am local time. The BBC's Graham Satchel says
when police arrived, bystanders had dragged the driver out and

(01:05):
were attacking him before he was then shot by one
of the bystanders.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
Astonishing that nobody was killed in this incident. What we
do have now is that seven people are in a
critical condition, six in a serious condition and ten others
who are injured.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Back Home and State Highway six north of Renwick remains
closed this morning following a fatal crash last night near
Okaramello in Marlborough. A detour is in place for light
vehicles only between Havelock and picked In on Queen Charlotte Drive.
It's not suitable for heavy vehicles. This concerned New Zealand's
workplaces are still lagging behind and adopting artificial intelligence. Ranstid

(01:43):
New Zealand's latest research reveals regular AI usage in the
workplace has only increased from fourteen percent to twenty percent
in the past year. Ranstad Country director Sarah Bills says
the slow takeup is largely due to businesses been unsure
how to fully utiliz the new technology.

Speaker 4 (02:01):
Organizations are asking how do we do this responsibly and
many leaders are unsure how to build AI literacy across
their teams.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
That's news Sport and Scott Robinson is satisfied despite the
all black scrappy twenty nine to nineteen win over France
to close out a three test whitewash. The host skip
the French Scorelet's in the final forty minutes of the
series in Hamilton as they scored the last nineteen points
of the contest. Robertson says it was a character building win.

Speaker 5 (02:32):
Interest really please. We found a way, will be better
free experience as a group. A lot of our players
ten points down at one stage and we found a way.
Pat some really good footy. Henry Tomsy held up three
to four.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
I Meanwhile, the British and Irish Lions remain unbeaten in
the Australia tour after defeating the Wallabies twenty seven to
nineteen in their opening test in Brisbane and New Zealands.
It's fourth after the opening day of the sal GP
event in Portsmouth after one win on the opening day.
That's sport. I'm Diana Visitic.

Speaker 5 (03:04):
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