Morning Edition: 11 December 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Good morning, I'm Nevarettimanu and this is your morning Newsbooks
for Thursday, eleventh of December and this update. An online
safety educator wants the government to follow Australia's lead and
take a harder line against social media. An interim report
from Parliament's Education Committee has found social media is exposing

(00:25):
young people to a wide range of harm. It's recommending
a regulator for online safety and suggests New Zealand consider
banning under sixteens from social media like Australia started doing yesterday.
Cyber safety expert John Parsons says there should also be
ads reminding parents of their roles in raising their children.

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One in eight teenagers have had unwanted sexual experiences, according
to a major new survey by Auckland University. They've found
unwanted sexual experiences are more common among those in poverty,
LGBT teens and MARDI and Pacificer teens. More Keywis are
getting cancer, but survival rates are increasing. The Cancer Control

(01:08):
Agency's latest annual State of Cancer report shows cancer diagnoses
are increasing and is set to rise from thirty thousand
to forty five thousand over the next nineteen years, but
agency Chief Executive Rami Rahal says survival rates have increased
noticeably in the past twenty five years. A toxicologists calling

(01:29):
for regular monitoring of children exposed as sand contaminated with asbestos.
The recall of several plays and products last month forced
many schools and early childhood education centers to close. Canterbury
University toxicology professor n Shaw says the children should have
an annual checkout for early signs of cancer. He says
a doctor could then identify any symptoms and begin treatment

(01:52):
as soon as possible. The death of a man at
Auckland's Mudy Way Beach earlier this year has brought attention
to a danger not immediately obvious to some beachgoers. Twenty
eight year old Caine Gofton, also referred to as Caine
Watson in previous reporting, died in hospital in August, two
days after a sand dune collapsed on him while he

(02:13):
was digging a hole. A coroner has found Gofton died
from complications of cardiac arrest due to entrapment and asphyxia.
The coroner says going into summer its important beachgoers are
aware of the risks of sand dunes which can become
unstable without warning. New Zealand is losing out from a
fall and cruise ship arrivals. Latest data from the Cruise

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Association shows the sector brought in ten percent less last
season than the season before, with even fewer ship arrivals
expected this season. The Fast Track Approvals Amendment Bill, passing
its third reading under urgency overnight Economic Growth Minister Nicola
Willis says it will shorten the time for supermarkets to
gain consent from years to months. More than twelve hundred athletes,

(02:58):
five hundred coaches and eight hundred volunteers have descended on
christ Church for this year's Special Olympics. Chief Executive Franz
Scoli says there's a real buzz in the Garden City,
especially in the new Partaciode Metro Sports Center. A sport
injuries continue to haunt New Zealand. After the opening day
of the second cricket Test against the West Indies and Wellington,

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the hosts look sent to miss Bleir Tickner for the
rest of the series with a horror shoulder injury. All
Black Swings several rees is poised to depart New zed
And Rugby next year for French camp Papignon spring Box
Locke Evan Etzebeth has broken his silence on the eye
gouge against Wales. It earned him a twelve week suspension.
He's apologized for letting the game of rankby down. I'm

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never retty Manu. That your latest NEWSKS. We'll be back
with the next update of midday from the News Talks
zb news room.