Morning Edition: 03 August 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news talks had been newsroom. This is newsfacs.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
In this update, Trade Minister Todd McLay is heading to
the United States hoping to ease the fifteen percent tariff hike.
The government's confirmed maclay's been invited by his US counterpart
to visit and discuss the tariff increase. Prime Minister Christopher
lux And believes Trump's hike was a blunt decision based
on New Zealand's trade surplus with the US, meaning New

(00:28):
Zealand sold more goods to the US than it bought.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
We think tariffs are bad for the global economy. That's
why we'll have this engagient way of our top trades
that we met there and a list.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Mcclay's were invited by Arsi Tree Brayer.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
To come and have a chat.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Further, a former fire station has burned down overnight in
Waiteotara and South Taranaki. Far An emergency were called to
the scene on Kaipos Street before midnight, with eight trucks
and three tankers attending. It's fair the government is selling
off the heart of New Zealand's identity. It's a loosening.
Can see rules for businesses wanting to operate on conservation

(01:03):
land and a push for jobs. But Forests and Birds
says that weekends ecological protections and puts our native biodiversity
at risk. Chief executive Nikola Toki says, this land's also
at the cornerstone of our tourism income.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
People aren't coming here to look at a coal mine
or a shopping mall. They're coming here because these places
that belong to all of us are so special and
like nothing else on the planet.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Under the new rules, foreign visitors will also be charged
up to forty dollars to visit locations including Cathedral Cove,
the Tongo Though Crossing and Audaki Mount Cook and a
child wellbeing expert says New Zealand should be following Australia
and introducing age restrictions for social media platforms. Australia is
banning under sixteens from most social media from mid December.

(01:48):
Auckland University Research fellow Samantha Marsh says evidence suggests younger
age groups are particularly vulnerable to social media harm. She
says keeping them off the platforms is crucial to protecting
both physical and mental health.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
There's many aspects to it, but a lot of it
is the persuasive design behind social media and short form videos,
which we know can have a negative impact on attention span.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
That's news, Sport and Chemi Formula One driver Leam Lawson
has qualified ninth for tomorrow's Hungry Grand Prix despite a
delay of thirty eight minutes due to lightning. The Wallabies
have beaten the British and Irish Lions twenty two to
twelve in Sydney, the Lions winning the series two one.
South Africa has warmed up for the Women's Rugby World
Cup by beating the Black Ferns fifteen forty one to

(02:33):
twenty four in Cape Town. The series was tied one
all Dardaanaki has beaten Northland twenty three to three in
New Plymouth to retain the ram Fairly Shield, and the
England India cricket series is set for an exciting finish.
England is fifty for one at stumps on Day three
of the fifth Tests, needing another three hundred and twenty
four runs for a three to one series win, while

(02:53):
India need nine wickets to draw the series. At Sport,
I'm Diana Vesich.

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