The number one reason kids access porn is out of curiosity, according to a lead researcher.
Ministry of Education staff say in a one month period, 300,000 searches for pornography were blocked from school networks.
Nikki Denholm is the Lead researcher for The Light Project, which helps navigate the world of porn. She told Heather du Plessis-Allan the statistics are not surprising, especially when it comes to 15 to 17-year-olds.
Denholm says their surveys show kids as young as eight or nine are watching porn.
"What we are seeing is that porn is becoming one of the primary sex education for young people. They are copying what they are seeing and learning from watching porn online."
Denholm hopes there will be curriculum updates to include pornography in a school's sex education.
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