Afternoon Edition: 11 May 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the News Talks dby Newsroom. This is newsfecs in
this update the Prime Minister's keen to speed up social
media restrictions for young people. The idea will be part
of the government's official program, with Education Minister Erica Stanford
tasked with exploring legislation and implementation. National put forward a
member's bill to ban social media outright for youth during

(00:25):
the week. Chris Luxon says the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.
He says parents and teachers constantly tell him they're worried
about the impact of social media.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
There will be many people who are going to say
it's just way too hard, but frankly, it's just way
too important for us, at least not to even.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Productly have to do something. Our hospitals could face even
more strain if the government does not boost hospice funding.
Hospice New Zealand data show they raised more than one
hundred and ten million dollars to stay afloat last year
and handled nearly a third of all deaths in the
country while caring for over nine thousand people with a
terminal illness, with demand expected to rise by fifty percent

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by twenty forty Hospice says more government support is urgent.
Chief Executive Wayne Nahla says hospitals will face serious capacity problems.
Without Hospice, all of those people and hospital pds become
follow people with symptoms and problems that hospices could have
dealt with in a community. Police are calling for any
footage of an aggravated robbery in Martin around ten last night.

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They say a person entered a shop in the Broadway
area and threatened an employee with a weapon before taking cash.
Support for the government's plan for tough new penalties to
clamp down on anti social road users. Convicted fleeing drivers,
boy racers and people taking part in intimidating convoys will
in most cases find their vehicles destroyed or forfeited. Rot

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through Ameytania Tapsle says boy racers are prevalent in her community.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Is something that communities across the country have had to
deal with. We wanted to stop, so we're very grateful
for the government for listening to the core from our
community and making sure that these people will be held
to account.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
The legislation is set to be introduced to Parliament in
the coming months. That's news in Sport The Tall Blacks
have struck back against Australia's Boomers, winning the third Dead
Rubber Trans Tasman Showdown basketball game one hundred and six
to ninety seven in Hamilton. Taylor brit Top scored and
says the absence of shay Eally meant everyone had to

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be on their game, juddy.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
If the coaches have been timed to be aggressive without Shilly,
He's obviously one of our main guys and everyone else
is going to step up as well.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
The Tall Ferns are underway against the Opals intrigue on
and off the court in the opening round Southern Derby
in Netballs A and Zed Premiership. Tonight, the Mainland Tactics
hosts the Southern Steel with former teammates now in opposition
head coach Roles. The Steals Wendy Frew and the Tactics
Donna Wilkins were longtime Steel teammates. That's Sport. I'm Joe Gilfillan.

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