Swiss footballer Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic is excited about the momentum of women’s football as the Fifa Women’s World Cup begins. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSHMore people were starting to take up the sport, or get behind their countries and clubs. ‘‘I think women’s football [made] a huge step forward in the last couple of years and I think we saw it at the last year at the Euros in England. ‘‘I think everyone is expecting that we’re going to win this game, also me personally [I] expect to win this game, otherwise I wouldn’t go into a World Cup. ‘‘Obviously the Philippines, they also come to a World Cup and they want to win this game, too.

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The gunman who killed two people and injured several others at a construction site in Auckland’s CBD on Thursday morning was under home detention for offences related to domestic violence, police have revealed. Two people were shot dead when the gunman made his way through the building on Queen Street, firing a pump-action shotgun. The assailant contained himself in an elevator shaft when he reached the upper levels of the building. Police entered the building within minutes of the shots being fired and attempted to engage with the shooter. He fired more shots and police found him dead a short time later.

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Kiwi traveller faces hefty medical bill after fracturing spine in Cambodia and treatment in BangkokCharlie Lowe was left partially paralysed after fracturing his spine and ribs in a fall while on holiday in Cambodia. Charlie Lowe was left partially paralysed after fracturing his spine and ribs in a fall while on holiday in Cambodia. Lowe’s sister Diane Moore quickly booked a flight from New Zealand to Cambodia, so she could take care of him. Although he had been recovering, he remained partially paralysed, and it was a “wait and see” situation whether he would walk again, she said. Anthony Coulter, 69, is partially paralysed by spinal stenosis.

The Christchurch trial of a woman accused of murdering her young children in Timaru in 2021 has concluded its third day. Lauren Dickason admits killing her daughters, but denies it was murder, by reason of insanity and infanticide. Husband Graham Dickason has been cross examined in the High Court about her relationship with the girls. The Herald's Anna Leask says the jury also heard details about the couple's fertility battles. "We've heard some pretty harrowing evidence from him about the couple's fertility struggles in their journey to have children, which included a really sad loss of a wee baby at just 18 weeks gestation."

Follow the podcast onNew Zealand's inflation rate has taken another tumble - dropping from 6.7 percent to 6. Today's 0.7 point drop in the Consumer Price Index represents the largest fall in annual inflation in more than two years. Despite the drop, prices are still increasing at rates not seen since the 1990s. Food prices remain a major driver of the inflation - up more than 12 percent annually. NZ Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann joined Kerre Woodham to discuss the results.

JT’s response to the bizarre call from the Greens to lose the election by handing ACT political ammunition with their call to hand back private land to Māori is priceless…Te Pāti Māori: The Greens will never out Māori usTe Pāti Māori president John Tamihere said the Green party can never “out Māori Te Pāti Māori”. He also said Te Pāti Māori will always be able to “out green the Greens as Māori are the indigenous custodians of te taiao [the environment]”. Tamihere’s remarks were in response to the Green party announcement of its Hoki Whenua Mai policy on Monday morning, which focuses on returning land to Māori. When asked by BusinessDesk what Te Pāti Māori thought of the move, Tamihere said it already had a policy that covers addressing the loss of whenua Māori (Māori land). ACT are now telling everyone that the Māoris want private Pakeha land back which is a bastardisation of what they are calling for but the Greens just walked into it!

Hakyung Lee, the woman accused of murdering her two children and dumping them in a storage unit, in the Manukau District Court. Photo: NZ HeraldHakyung Lee, the Korean mother accused of murdering her two children whose bodies were later found in abandoned suitcases, can be named for the first time. The 42-year-old has been in custody since she was extradited from South Korea to New Zealand late last year after the discovery of her children’s remains. An Auckland family made the grisly find after opening suitcases they bought in an auction for an abandoned South Auckland storage unit. The defendant was born in South Korea, became a New Zealand citizen after moving here, and likely returned to Korea in 2018, according to Immigration records.

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The family of a Kiwi who fractured his spine in Cambodia are urging travellers to get insurance as they face huge costs to bring their brother home. At the hospital, X-rays showed the extent of his injuries – a T11 fracture, dislocation and compression of the spine, along with five broken ribs. READ MORE: Campsite's exhaustive list of guidelines stuns travellersCharlie Lowe suffered a serious spinal injury after falling on a curb in Cambodia. (Supplied)Lowe's sister Diane Moore quickly booked a flight from New Zealand to Cambodia, so she could take care of him. Moore said the hospital staff and surgeons were exceptional at Bangkok Hospital, where Lowe underwent successful spinal surgery on July 13.

BusinessA Chinese tourism revolution heading for NZChinese visitor numbers are bouncing back after the Covid shutdown. Tourism Holdings chief executive Grant Webster hasn’t historically been super-motivated by the Chinese market. While Chinese visitors might go to Waitomo Caves, they mostly haven’t been in the market for the company's main business, camper vans. Chinese visitors are returning, and close to half are holiday makers. Trans-national educationIt’s not just in the tourism market where change is afoot around Chinese visitors post-pandemic.

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Compiled by Narissa SubramoneyThe High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, has heard how South African orthopaedic surgeon Graham Dickason found his children strangled with cable ties in their beds. ALSO READ: ‘Loving mother’ Lauren Dickason tucked children in with soft toys after killing them – lawyerGraham Dickason’s police interviewHe recalled the day’s events, including helping his wife with school preparations on the morning of their deaths. But when Dickason returned home from a meeting with colleagues, he found Lauren standing in the kitchen. ALSO READ: SA’s mum of three, Lauren Dickason, to use insanity & infanticide defence in murder trialWhat he told the courtIn the days leading up to the triple murder, Dickason noted that Lauren had grown more “quiet”. NOW READ: Trial set for SA murder-accused mum of three daughters in New Zealand

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