Dunedin family devastated after partner's terminal cancer diagnosis
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In the radiotherapy room: Simon Wilson's cancer diary
Simon Wilson, diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, reports from the radiotherapy room.
Dad told the cancerous lump on cheek was a tooth abscess. Now he's dying
"Telling the kids their dad was dying was the hardest thing we have ever had to do."
Brave mum hides breast cancer to support her family
"I loved her to bits, but I didn't realise the rest of the world felt the same about her."
Sweet Louise pulls services due to lack of funding
Charity supporting women with incurable breast cancer needs more financial support.
Defying cancer for Xmas: Radical treatment keeping killer disease at bay
Miriam Walter saw the tumour in her pancreas shrink 73 per cent thanks to the new device.
Bunnings slammed in parody ad for selling product banned abroad
Bunnings has been targeted for stocking a product seeped in global controversy.
Family heartbreak: Young sisters diagnosed with same cancer months apart
The diagnosis follows one of the pair's daughter's own childhood battle with cancer.
Auckland mum's rare cancer diagnosis after losing child in driveway tragedy
Sophia Perera is hoping on hope to have more time with her young daughter, Augustina.
Pathologist gets funding boost for cancer research
It is one of five new research grants Canterbury and West Coast DHBs have received.
Cancer Society calls for mandatory sunscreen tests after Consumer NZ investigation
Five sunscreens fail to provide claimed sun protection in latest Consumer NZ testing.
Labour's Phil Twyford takes leave from Parliament
The minister will work remotely after his wife was diagnosed with cancer.
Local Focus: Pāpāmoa surfers ride for men's health
Community surf comp brings locals together for Movember. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'Let's do it!': Touching wedding tribute to ill mother
Wedding guests were in for an emotional surprise.
Inequity in cancer care at every turn for Māori
'Māori are 20 per cent more likely to get cancer and twice as likely to die of cancer.'
Scientists kill cancer cells with ground-breaking DNA-altering treatment
Technology can physically cut the DNA in cancerous cells, scientist says.
Top of the tower: Broadcaster's speedy dash to top of Auckland's Sky Tower
Heather du Plessis-Allan has smashed it in her climb up the Sky Tower.
Sell-out of Queenstown 'sugar bowl' chairs to lift local charities
The $150 sugar bowl chairs were sold within hours on Friday morning.
'We are heartbroken': Emotional tribute from Grace Millane family after death of dad
Grace Millane's father, David, died earlier this week after a battle with cancer.
Second tragedy for Grace Millane's family - her father David has died
The father of murdered backpacker Grace Millane's father has died of cancer in the UK.
Deadly truth about woman's itchy arm
She thought nothing of it. Months later, her world was turned upside down.
'Like a death sentence': This cancer kills 500 Kiwis a year but new trial offers hope
"It felt like a death sentence. I didn't feel like I had a future to look forward to."
Woman dying of brain cancer begs for MIQ spot for sister
A Wairarapa woman is begging the government to make an exception on emergency grounds.
'Tears of joy': One wedding and a funeral - parents marry the day they buried teen daughter
Parents buried their daughter, then surprised mourners with their marriage ceremony.
Former film festival director Bill Gosden dies at 66
Gosden has been praised for creating an enduring contribution to NZ film culture.
51yo mum is dying of bowel cancer. Govt refuses to lower screening age
Catherine Edwards won't live to see her daughter marry or grand-kids grow up.
Heartbreaking wait: Kiwi woman's fight to be reunited with dying dad
'I still don't know if I will get there in time.'
Raising Phoenix: Auckland mum's dying wish fulfilled after brain cancer shock
Family speak of Auckland woman's dying wish for her daughter to raise her toddler son.
From $500K to zero: How Covid nearly crushed breast cancer charity
When Covid-19 hit, the funding stopped. But people didn't stop dying from breast cancer.
Overseas trial 'could be only cure' for Kiwi girl's cancer
Hollie Beattie was in the clear for six months, until a tumour was found in her brain.
Mum 'eternally grateful' to daycare teacher for identifying son's leukaemia
The teacher suggested she visit a doctor soon and ask for a blood test.
Mum dying after multiple tests fail to detect cancer; claims of racial bias
Teresa McCarthy, 58, has declined further treatment - without which she will die.