Canadian coach sent home over spying scandal, Auckland bus drivers report physical threats every three days, and cost of living up 5.4%.
1 Canada kicks football coach out of Olympics over NZ spying scandal
Head coach Bev Priestman has been removed from the Games as it emerged there may have been drone use against opponents predating the Paris Olympics.
Two other members of the coaching team have already been sent home after two incidents of drone use over New Zealand training came to light.
Football Ferns captain Katie Bowen told 1News the incident was "straight up cheating and embarrassing".
"It's just such a shock, and my heart goes out to the Canadian team as well cause we know those girls weren't involved."
2 Physical threats reported by Auckland bus drivers every three days
New data released to 1News revealed an assault or physical threat was reported every three days over May and June as incidents of abuse spiked.
In the past two months, 18 incidents classed under "physical assault" were reported to Auckland Transport (AT), with an additional 29 cases of verbal abuse.
Auckland Transport said it was "doing everything possible" to ensure drivers and passengers were kept safe.
3 Two New Zealand destinations make TIME's World's Greatest Places 2024 list
The final list of 100 places to go and stay include active travel in China's Aranya, a guided cycling safari in Botswana, Antarctica's White Desert, and Maui Cultural Lands in Hawaii — along with two that may be more familiar to Kiwis.
Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat in the South Island's Lake Pukaki region and Dive Tutukaka in the waters off the North Island were both named among the "extraordinary destinations to explore" for this year.
4 El Chapo's son, fellow cartel leader, arrested by US authorities
A leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel for decades alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world and known for running the cartel's smuggling operations while keeping a lower profile.
Zambada and El Chapo's son Joaquín Guzmán López, who have eluded authorities for decades, oversaw the trafficking of "tens of thousands of pounds of drugs into the United States, along with related violence", FBI Director Christopher Wray said, adding that now they will "face justice in the United States".
5 Cost of living up 5.4% in past year - Stats NZ
The increase, measured by household living-costs price indexes (HLPIs), follows a 6.2% increase in the 12 months to the March 2024 quarter. It comes as inflation, measured by the consumers price index (CPI), was 3.3% in the 12 months to the June 2024 quarter.
Interest payments increased 26.7% in the 12 months to the June 2024 quarter, with Stats NZ consumer prices manager James Mitchell saying high mortgage interest payments "continue to make a significant contribution to living costs for many households". Stats NZ said other contributors to increased living costs were private transport supplies (such as petrol), insurance and rent.
ONE UNIQUE OPENING CEREMONY
The Paris 2024 Olympics officially starts early on Saturday morning NZ time.
But the Opening Ceremony will, as 1News' Europe Correspondent Mei Heron reports from the French capital, look very different to what we've come to expect from these set-piece events.
ONE COMMUNITY-HEARTED 10YO
Ten-year-old Evelyn Sykes is a marvel at getting money out of stone.
Setting up "stone" stalls on the roadside and outside supermarkets has seen her raise more than $1500 for Wellington Free Ambulance's new station being built in Masterton. However, Sykes will likely bring the station some more dollars after she was named the latest ASB Good As Gold recipient on Seven Sharp in recognition of her community spirit and kindness, reporter Michael Holland writes.
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