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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, with Minister of Health David Clark and Diana Sarfati, announces Cancer Control agency. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

NEW ZEALAND

Cancer agency 'will go down in history'

1 Sep, 2019 6:40pm
5 minutes to read

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders have been given hope.

Blair Vining's dying wish was for a national cancer agency. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

'Cancer hero' gives Government plan a 6/10

1 Sep, 2019 4:03pm
3 minutes to read

Blair Vining's dying wish: A national cancer agency so other Kiwis don't have to suffer.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Health Minister David Clark announce a national cancer agency. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Giant shakeup for cancer care as national agency launched

1 Sep, 2019 12:00pm
8 minutes to read

Cancer expert: It's the biggest change in cancer care in at least 15 years, if not ever.

Blair Vining and his wife Melissa at his Final Farewell in Invercargill. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Major public announcement on cancer imminent

30 Aug, 2019 11:46am
6 minutes to read

Blair Vining among cancer sufferers to have urged the Govt to take action.

Working males over the age 50 most at risk. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Watch out for those suited up, older males zooming past on an e-scooter

30 Aug, 2019 8:43am
4 minutes to read

"There is an uncanny ability with human beings to find new ways to injuring ourselves."

NEW ZEALAND

Hospitals overflowing: Patients kept for hours in ambulances

29 Aug, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

EDs at crisis point: "Dangerous" practice puts patients at extreme risk.

One in four district health boards are not meeting the national standard for hand hygiene. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Hand-wash hell: Patients at risk because of grubby hospital hygiene

28 Aug, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Hand-washing failures spark "huge concern" it's accelerating the spread of deadly bugs.

An 81-year-old woman died following multiple failings by Waikato DHB. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Grieving daughter: 'Her pain was indescribable'

26 Aug, 2019 2:00pm
3 minutes to read

Waikato DHB has admitted to failings over 81-year-old woman's death.

Asthma affects the airways causing the lungs to tighten or partially close up which can make it hard to breathe. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

New hope for asthma sufferers after life-changing study

24 Aug, 2019 10:30am
4 minutes to read

One in six New Zealanders live with asthma - which is about 830,000 people.

The total number of confirmed cases of the highly infectious, and potentially deadly, disease in Auckland as jumped to 616 today. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Measles warning for travellers from Los Angeles to Auckland

23 Aug, 2019 2:01pm
4 minutes to read

Fears loom, as total number of measles cases rises to 616 in Auckland.

District Health Boards have spent more than $280 million on treating those patients in the last three years. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

'Money down the drain': Medication failures costing $280 million

22 Aug, 2019 2:05pm
5 minutes to read

Each year hundreds turn up to ED after being wrongly prescribed medication by a doctor.

Auckland Hospital hit a new record on Tuesday with the highest ever occupancy. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

Code Red 'crisis': Record numbers of patients seek aid at Auckland Hospital

15 Aug, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

The hospital experienced its busiest ever day as sick patients flooded in.

Doctor Deane Drew started sexual relationships with multiple patients over decades of practice and prescribed medications to a patient who was abusing them. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Doctor who pursued sex with patients: 'Please don't complain it could ruin my life'

9 Aug, 2019 12:24pm
3 minutes to read

Laying a compliant "would be pretty harsh for abusing your trust", doctor tells patient.

South Auckland mum Natalie Russell says her baby boy Kaiden would have likely died of whooping cough if he had not been immunised. Photo / Ivelina Velkova Photography

NEW ZEALAND

The immunisation fallout: NZ set to lose measles 'all-clear' status

9 Aug, 2019 5:00am
10 minutes to read

Kiwi kids at "growing risk" of dying from measles if the Government does not act soon.

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland mum says whooping cough vaccine saved her son

9 Aug, 2019 5:00am
2 minutes to read

"It was really scary and heart-breaking seeing your child suffer like that," mum tells.

Wiki Mulholland, who has advanced breast cancer, has been on the front line of the campaign. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Pharmac announces plan to fund cancer drugs

7 Aug, 2019 2:57pm
2 minutes to read

Pharmac has today announced plans to fund two new cancer drugs.

A 16 year-old boy says his only form of therapy has been cancelled by Auckland DHB, who blame the psychologists' strike. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Suicidal teen loses only support, DHB blames psychologist strikes

6 Aug, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

"I'm deeply concerned his mental health is going to deteriorate without it," mum says.

Ethan Harper, year 6, from New Lynn, Auckland, now loves school because he is able to see well with his glasses. Photo / NZ Herad

NEW ZEALAND

Falling through the cracks: Boy thought he was 'too dumb to learn'

5 Aug, 2019 8:00am
9 minutes to read

Children who can't see are struggling to learn and thinking they are dumb.

Ethan Harper's poor vision wasn't detected in his B4 School Check. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

Every NZ kid gets a free health check at 4. Why it's now in the spotlight.

5 Aug, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

One of the country's biggest health initiatives will be overhauled next year.

Ana-Carolina in her new bedroom with her parents Peter Bircham and Elane de Moraes Lobo. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Ana-Carolina's finally home: 'It is the beginning of life again'

2 Aug, 2019 6:00am
3 minutes to read

"It is the beginning of life again, it's like freedom," mum tells.

Six-year-old Ana Carolina has finally been taken home with her family, who are renting a specially modified house in Orewa. Photo / Givealittle

NEW ZEALAND

Ana-Carolina finally home after five years in Starship

1 Aug, 2019 3:42pm
2 minutes to read

Ana Carolina has been in Starship Hospital since she was five months old.

The female doctor was suffering from depression, anxiety and sleeping problems when she reportedly became addicted to medication, including zopiclone and triazolam. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

GP wrongly prescribed drugs 74 times: 'I was in a bad headspace'

31 Jul, 2019 2:22pm
4 minutes to read

"I was ashamed that I needed that medication, I felt like a failure," doctor says.

The doctor said her stress levels and anxiety continued to grow and it became increasingly difficult to cope when she began self-prescribing. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

GP wrongly prescribing drugs

30 Jul, 2019 3:03pm
4 minutes to read

The doctor was suffering from depression, anxiety and sleeping problems, tribunal hears.

Dr Lance O'Sullivan before his speech at AUT last night where he announced his bold plan to roll out mobile drive-through health clinics. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

'Happy Meal' healthcare: Plan for 200 drive through medical clinics

30 Jul, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

"Our ability to deliver health care will be as swift as getting a Happy Meal."

Doctor fails to refer woman with alarming breast cancer lump to specialist. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Woman dies after GP misses breast cancer

29 Jul, 2019 2:07pm
4 minutes to read

By the time the woman's cancer was discovered it was too late, and she died soon after.

NEW ZEALAND

'Invisible addicts': Baby boomers' booze problem

26 Jul, 2019 5:49am
3 minutes to read

The rate "older adults" are drinking at "hazardous levels" is on the rise, expert tells.

Experts say doctors can still object to abortion referrals under proposed law change. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Doctors can refuse abortion referral, even with proposed law changes

26 Jul, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Harrowing stories New Zealand 'pro-choice' advocacy group are hearing all the time.

Calls for Health Minister David Clark to commit to Labour's pre-election plan are growing. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

A month later ... where's the cancer plan, minister?

25 Jul, 2019 7:00am
7 minutes to read

Public pressure is growing for the Government to commit to its pre-election promise.

NEW ZEALAND

Oncology nurse dying of cancer desperate for funds to extend her life

16 Jul, 2019 8:03am
2 minutes to read

Ilze's last hope to extend her life is a drug called Avastin but it costs $62,000.

NEW ZEALAND

Are you in pain after Black Caps loss? Expert says it's not just in your head

15 Jul, 2019 9:51am
2 minutes to read

"Recognise anger and irritability is likely to show up but to be aware," expert tells.

Clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo shares some words of wisdom to cricket fans. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Emotion is raw: How do we cope?

15 Jul, 2019 9:08am
2 minutes to read

Psychologist Karen Nimmo offers tips to help Kiwi fans deal with the devastation.

Marilyn Wales with her late husband Geoff in one of their last moments together. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Caring for a sick loved one: 'It's my duty as a wife'

7 Jul, 2019 9:00am
11 minutes to read

Family members will now be paid to look after disabled loved one - here's why.

NEW ZEALAND

'Cowards': Beauty queen hauled from stage after anti-bullying speech

6 Jul, 2019 9:01am
3 minutes to read

In dramatic scenes at the pageant, Auckland University law student's mic was turned off.

NEW ZEALAND

This is cancer victim Blair Vining's story

3 Jul, 2019 8:33pm
7 minutes to read

"Blair won't live to see change but he lives for hope change is coming."

Blair and Melissa Vining with their two girls Lilly (12) and Della-May (17) - have had their world tipped upside down after Blair's deadly cancer diagnosis. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Cancer disgrace: Public pressure builds for Govt to take action

30 Jun, 2019 3:00pm
8 minutes to read

Five people who signed the petition explain why they did and what it means to them.

Blair and Melissa Vining with their two daughters Lilly, 12, and Delia-May, 17. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Woodhouse commits to help save hundreds of cancer patients lives

30 Jun, 2019 12:31am
3 minutes to read

It's the biggest cancer-related petition New Zealand has ever seen.

NEW ZEALAND

All Blacks back dying dad's final stand for change

29 Jun, 2019 5:41pm
3 minutes to read

A group of All Blacks turned out to show their support for Blair Vining's petition.

Jacinda Ardern has written letter to 12-year-old Lilly Vining whose dad Blair is dying. Photos / Mark Mitchell, Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Jacinda Ardern's heartfelt letter to dying dad's daughter

29 Jun, 2019 10:22am
3 minutes to read

"She is going back on her promise and that's heart-breaking," Lilly's mum says.

Adults suffering severe depression are two-and-a-half times more likely to attempt suicide if they are taking antidepressants compared with a placebo drug. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Expert: 'Antidepressants are not the silver bullet'

27 Jun, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Antidepressants should only be given as a second line of treatment, expert says.

Police at the scene where a man died after riding a Lime e-scooter on Fanshawe St in central Auckland on Monday. Photo / Hayden Woodward

NEW ZEALAND

Lime to roll out additional safety measures days after man's e-scooter death

26 Jun, 2019 1:50pm
3 minutes to read

Lime says it is working with authorities to provide information.

NEW ZEALAND

Is it time to put the brakes on e-scooters?

26 Jun, 2019 7:58am
6 minutes to read

Over eight months e-scooters have costed tax-payers nearly $3m in ACC injury claims.

Debra Christensen, sporting head injuries, after she was hit and knocked out by a Lime scooter rider, as she was getting off a bus, near Auckland's Victoria Park. Photo / Brett Phibbs

NEW ZEALAND

Woman left bleeding under bus after being hit by Lime e-scooter

25 Jun, 2019 12:10pm
4 minutes to read

"Her head was under the wheel of a bus, that's how bad it was," husband says.

Dying mum Selina Gilfedder, 38, has been given new hope. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

New hope for dying mum waiting on ACC

15 Jun, 2019 7:00pm
4 minutes to read

Dying mum says she's been given new hope after ACC agrees to fast-track her claim.

Pregnant women are often advised to keep an eye on their babies' movement patterns. Photo / File

LIFESTYLE

Eight myths about pregnancy you need to know

13 Jun, 2019 6:00am
3 minutes to read

It's common for pregnant women to feel their babies hiccups. True.

Selina Gilfedder with her husband Wayne and two sons Luke, 8, and Beau, 4. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Dying mum says ACC gave her ultimatum

12 Jun, 2019 2:16pm
4 minutes to read

National Party calls on ACC minister Iain Lees-Galloway to treat case as urgent.

NEW ZEALAND

Dying mum's ACC fight: 'I'm running out of time'

12 Jun, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

"I can't believe how the system makes you fight when you're already fighting for life."

A group of junior doctors picketed outside Hawke's Bay Hospital. Photo / Paul Taylor

NEW ZEALAND

Junior doctor strikes cost DHBs $19m for staff cover

11 Jun, 2019 12:42pm
2 minutes to read

Significant delays for surgeries but DHBs yet to budge.

Critics say regulation on vaping is needed urgently. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Concerns loom vaping is being marketed as 'cool lifestyle choice'

11 Jun, 2019 7:00am
4 minutes to read

"It suddenly appears like it's a cool thing to do rather a method to quit smoking."

Two still critical - including an 11-year-old girl - after the serious crash on Dominion Rd, Mt Eden. Photo / Sam Sword

NEW ZEALAND

Mt Eden crash horror: People 'bawling in the street'

8 Jun, 2019 10:24am
3 minutes to read

Two still critical - including an 11-year-old girl - after crash ripped one car in half.

Lynmore School principal Lorraine Taylor says her decile 9 school is struggling to pay the electricity bills and now it's missing out on almost $80,000 of Government funding. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

School principals warn new wave of inequality looms

1 Jun, 2019 11:49am
4 minutes to read

Govt plans to scrap school donations in some schools mean huge inequities - principals.

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS)'s director of policy and research Lyndon Keene says DHBs pressures to keep up with demand will continue. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

DHB funding 'hardly enough to keep the lights on'

30 May, 2019 6:40pm
4 minutes to read

DHBs have not been given enough to keep up with demand, experts say.

NEW ZEALAND

Hundreds could dodge getting throat cancer with vaccine

24 May, 2019 8:32am
3 minutes to read

"This study highlights how much of a problem HPV cancers are in New Zealand," expert tells

Bowel cancer is not an old person disease and Sheryl McGiffert is evidence of that. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Bowel cancer: 'It's not an old people's disease'

17 May, 2019 11:30am
5 minutes to read

"If you leave it too long, people can die," cancer patient tells.

Ana-Carolina has live at Starship for five years but hopes to finally go home with her parents Peter Bircham and Elane de Moraes Lobo. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Nursing needs delay Ana-Carolina's homecoming after five years at Starship

15 May, 2019 3:00pm
4 minutes to read

Parents strike hurdle in their desperate bid to bring their daughter home after 5 years.

Health Minister David Clark slams DHBs for keeping cancer patients waiting. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Too many cancer patients experiencing 'unreasonable' delays'

14 May, 2019 6:27pm
3 minutes to read

Health Minister slams DHBs for keeping cancer patients waiting for radiation treatments.

Health officials urge people to get immunised against measles as outbreak continues to spread. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Measles outbreak continues to spike

14 May, 2019 4:26pm
3 minutes to read

Canterbury outbreak seems to have been contained while Auckland's continues to spike.

Clifford Subritzky (with wife Reanne and kids Zoe and Corey) is dying after a doctor told him he was too young to have bowel cancer. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Cancer-care cracks: Terminal patients call for change

10 May, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

At the end of their lives, they want to ensure the same mistakes won't happen to others.

Louise Clark at her home near Hamilton. She was diagnosed with a brain tumour and operated on within three days at Waikato Hospital. Photo / Natalie Akoorie

NEW ZEALAND

How 800 New Zealand cancer patients could be saved every year

10 May, 2019 5:00am
9 minutes to read

Hamilton mum-of-five battling brain cancer wants New Zealanders to know there's hope.

Cancer specialists said more work was needed to accurately measure how each DHB was treating cancer patients. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Cancer: Hundreds dying while on hospitals' waiting lists

8 May, 2019 5:00am
14 minutes to read

"The not knowing what was wrong with me or how serious it was, was the worst part."

Clifford Subritzky in hospital with his kids Zoe, 2, and Corey, 5. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'If you had cancer you'd be dead by now'

7 May, 2019 8:00am
16 minutes to read

Thousands of people are only being diagnosed with cancer after ending up in ED.

Foxton couple Craig and Jennie Gutry want change. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi dad was told 'it's nothing serious'. Now he's dying of cancer

6 May, 2019 11:00am
3 minutes to read

Father told his severe symptoms were nothing to be concerned about. Now he's dying.

Karyn Robson, her late fiance Kris who died of bowel cancer, and her daughter, Danika. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Cancer: Dying solo mum waited year for follow-up scan

6 May, 2019 9:00am
3 minutes to read

Solo mum says her daughter should not be about to lose a second parent to cancer.