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1 News Sports Editor Abby Wilson and All Black and Manu Samoa player, Lima Sopoaga join Morning Report for this week's sports panel.

Peter Hillary, chair of the Himalayan Trust, spoke to John Campbell about the scale of the disaster, his knowledge of the area, and what he is hearing from people on the ground.

Located in Bluff Harbour and staffed by workers out of Invercargill and surrounds, South Port is booming thanks to the strength of the Southland economy. South Port chief executive Derek Nind spoke to John Campbell about their profit results and export trends.

The Mountain Safety Council has warned of high avalanche danger across the Southern Alps. The Council says naturally triggered avalanches are likely and human-triggered avalanches are very likely across the Arthur's Pass, Aoraki /Mt Cook, Ohau, Queenstown, Wanaka, and Aspiring regions. Paul Anderson, CEO of NZ Ski, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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Tech giant Meta has agreed to pay $17-billion dollars and to add further child-safety measures settle claims by States across the us that Facebook and Instagram harm children. The landmark settlement with 47 US states will see Meta introduce a number of changes, including a 2-hour daily limit for young users and night-time blocks. University of Canterbury senior law lecturer Cassandra Mudgway spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

After several telecommunications outages in Golden Bay, a group of residents is calling for more resilient infrastructure. The single fibre-optic cable that services the region at the top of the South Island has been damaged three times since 2022. When the connection is disrupted, people in Golden Bay not only lose access to their cellphones, landlines and the internet, but to eftpos, medical alarms and the ability to call 111. Samantha Gee reports.

The number of dogs in Far North classified as "dangerous" - dogs that have attacked, injured, or seriously threatened people or animals - has climbed from 1 to 6 over the same time period. Leonie Exel, a co-ordinator at lobby group Bay of Islands Watchdogs, says the group has been calling for better public education from the council for years - rather than just enforcement. Far North District Council group manager of delivery and operations Hilary Sumpter spoke to John Campbell.

The scale of the devastation in Nepal is becoming clearer, as the number of people who have died, and the number missing, continues to grow. World Vision Nepal's National Director Roslyn Gabriel is on the ground in Kathmandu and spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.