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Cancer survivors fear the oncology service has reached breaking point.
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The inconvenient truth was that the health system fails Māori, John Tamihere says.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Ginsburg was the US Supreme Court's second female justice, and leader of its liberal wing.
The Road Ahead: 'What two more years of life could mean for me'
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The Road Ahead: 'What two more years of life could mean'
Wiki Mulholland is dying of breast cancer and trying to make each moment count.
Mum in her 20s visits GP with 'red flag symptoms'. Cancer missed and she dies
Young mum dies of breast cancer - GP didn't investigate symptoms.
Sick ED nurse: 'I felt like I was going to die'
'I felt like I'd been hit by a truck,' ED nurse describes sepsis horror.
'I'm gonna fight it': She thought it was a hernia. It turned out be cancer
'Looking back now I probably had the symptoms for two years.'
Dying father asked to choose which child he sees
The Brisbane man with terminal cancer has four young children.
Why cancer survivor is 'grateful' for battle
Meagan Heffernan was just 11 years old when 42 tumours were found in her chest.
Kiwi 'heartbroken' to hear of wife's cancer diagnosis in quarantine
Jon Braithwaite was in quarantine when he got the news his wife had cancer.
Kate Moodabe: Fast track cervical cancer testing and save lives
Comment: Three years is too long to wait for a programme which will save lives.
Bowel cancer screening age won't be dropped, despite expert advice
Lowering the screening age 'risks setting back progress', the ministry concluded.
Broadcaster Kevin Milne reveals cancer battle
"There's nothing like waiting for your Gleason score to sharpen your focus."
Māori 50 per cent more likely to die from Covid-19, says new study
Findings show why Māori will likely have a significantly higher Covid-19 death rate.
Chadwick Boseman's selfless acts revealed
The star hid his cancer battle but fans will remember him for his generosity.
Chadwick Boseman visited terminally ill children while fighting his own cancer battle
The photos have re-emerged now people know Boseman was fighting his own cancer battle.
Father of five with lung cancer given home detention
Northlander would have gone to jail for driving offences had it not been for cancer.
Up in smoke: Cigarette sales plunge by almost 200 million a year
About 2132 million cigarettes were sold last year - 193 million fewer than 2018.
Auckland Daffodil Day cancelled, Cancer Society needs help
Lockdown restrictions have put paid to the annual street collection in the Super City.
Cancer sufferer who fought for Pharmac funding dies
A woman who moved to Australia to get cancer treatment Kadcyla for free has died.
GP fails to tell patient he had skin cancer for five years
Patient later suffered low vision, numbness and discomfort.
'He lived how he died': Niece's paragliding journey to understand uncle
Ashley Williams' uncle with cancer took his life in 2010. Her film Going Home remembers.
'Patients will die': Fears over colonoscopy delays
Bowel Cancer NZ says Covid's return will worsen already dangerous backlogs.
'I thought I was giving birth to baby Jesus': Doctor tells virgin she is pregnant
A woman has 2.5kg cyst removed after being misdiagnosed as heavily pregnant.
Wanted: Powered site for one couple, six cats in caravan
A Rotorua couple is wondering where to go after "we evicted the cats, not them".
'Everyone made her feel special': Kiwi girl with cancer treated to school ball
Otago Boys' High student Eli Ellison knew he found the perfect date to his school's ball.
Christchurch Mayor's husband dies after battle with cancer
The husband of the Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel has died at aged 69.
Hundreds of cancer cases went undiagnosed during lockdown
"Since lockdown lifted we have seen a major ramping up of cancer service."
'Truth has come out': Toddler dies after hospital's critical failure
Toddler's death has implications for emergency departments nationwide, a coroner says.
In lockdown he was having a red wine by 11am. So he signed up for Dry July
Luke Farr raised more than $6000 in the challenge, the second highest in the country.
Sisters receive cancer news just days apart
The sisters performed on stage as the Nolans, and now they're facing cancer together.
Aussies outlive Kiwis, new research shows
Dr Samantha Murton said it is 'a significant concern' gap shows Kiwis are disadvantaged.