Tragic death of a Kiwi tourist in Thailand, vandalism blamed for an internet outage in Auckland, and a growing divorce trend for older Kiwis is explored by Breakfast.
1 Kiwi tourist dies in Thailand
A Kiwi tourist has died in Thailand after reportedly falling from a seventh-floor hotel balcony.
Local media said Akuhata Edward Robert Hammond, 36, fell to his death from the hotel in Pattaya on Friday, August 30 (local time).
A GiveALittle page has been set up to bring his body home.
2 Man who was fatally shot in Onehunga is named by police
The man who was fatally shot in Auckland's Onehunga over the weekend has been named by police.
Emergency services were first notified of the incident on Selwyn Rd at 9.45pm.
A 32-year-old man has ben charged with murder over the alleged killing.
3 'Vandalism' causes internet outage in parts of Auckland, Chorus says
An internet outage has hit parts of Auckland.
According to the Chorus outages map, customers have reported being impacted in Māngere, Onehunga and Te Papapa.
The map showed multiple suburbs affected where the status remained "under action".
4 All Blacks optimistic on Bok's rematch
If you're sad about last weekend's game in Johannesburg — the boys have offered a glimmer of hope.
1News sport reporter Pat McKendry writes: The challenge for the All Blacks this week is to avoid getting caught up in what went wrong during the 31-27 defeat to the world champions.
Rather, the message will be to try to extend the good elements, and there were plenty as acknowledged this morning by assistant coach Scott Hansen.
5 Paralympics: Wild Paris crowd inspires Kiwi table tennis ace Britz
As a kid, Matthew Britz dreamed of being an All Black.
Now, he is living out his international sporting ambitions — in table tennis.
He called his match last night (NZ time) nerve-wracking, but he still managed to wow the crowd in Paris.
ONE SEPARATION TREND
The "grey divorce" is a phenomenon occurring around the world — and New Zealand is no exception.
Essentially, it means there's an increasing number of marriages ending by couples later in life.
Data from Stats NZ showed the number of divorces which involved people aged 50+ last year was 39.9% — up 7.1% in 10 years.
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