The Kiwi filmmaker has taken the time to roll up his sleeves and go on the bone marrow registry.

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A man going through treatment for colon cancer won a restaurant's raffle for a year's worth of free pizza and then donated his prize to a food bank.

A new social media trend featuring men posting photos of themselves with painted nails has gone viral - there's a powerful reason for it.

Parcels and envelopes for Bradley flooded in after a social media campaign was launched to make the football-loving youngster's Christmas a special one.

New daughter has dad wrapped round her finger, say couple who started charity to help kids after losing their son.

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye speaks about the positives following a "gruelling few months" since her breast cancer diagnosis.

Like many Kiwi kids, 6-year-old Arian Truter loves Christmas. But this December 25 will be extra special because it's a miracle he's here to celebrate it.

A trailer previewing a documentary sharing the inspirational journey of young Christchurch cancer survivor Jake Bailey has been released tonight.

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's decision to publicise her double mastectomy following breast cancer gene testing has led to a sharp rise in genetic testing.

What's on your bucket list? Kim Knight meets Eva McGauley, the terminally ill teenager who is devoting the rest of her life to the victims of sexual assault.

Little Bradley got the experience of a life time when he got to play with his favourite sporting heroes.

As 2016 draws to a close, the NZ Science Media Centre picked some of the biggest national and international science stories that made headlines

British food critic and newspaper columnist A.A. Gill has died at the age of 62 after a brief battle with cancer.

Kiwi chef Al Brown remembers his good friend AA Gill as one "out of the box".

A father has shared the heartbreaking image of his seven-year-old son laying exhausted on his couch after undergoing chemotherapy.

The author and newspaper columnist AA Gill has died at the age of 62, following a brief battle with cancer.

New Zealand's largest private health insurer is reassuring members will get access to the latest breast cancer screening technology at no extra cost.

Melanoma patient's life saved by trial drug

Denise Albert, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, was flying from Los Angeles to New York when she says airport security crossed the line.

Sponsored art owls to mark Child Cancer Foundation's 40th anniversary.

Some health tests, treatments and procedures may be unnecessary

National MP Nikki Kaye has returned to Parliament for the first time since her cancer diagnosis, confirming she will stand again in Auckland Central.

It started with headaches. Then they got worse, so bad, that Jordan Dolbear had to take time off from his clinical placement for his nursing degree.

Pharmac announced today it would start funding the breast cancer drug Perjeta, but 160 Kiwis who have already started treatment won't be eligible.

Fisherman Fred Marsters who died in the Kaipara tragedy has been remembered for his passion, enthusiasm and love for life.

According to Tamaki, Harry Potter is a tool to recruit people toward evil.

Paterson said cancer sufferers between 20 and 45 are often in the early stages of their career, and in many instances have young children.

A young Australian boy suffering from leukaemia has been granted his wish to "blow something up".

A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to be cured after doctors 'shocked' his tumour to death.