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Louisa Wall tables euthanasia bill

MP Louisa Wall championed the right of everyone to marry. She has now tabled a Bill that sets out a process for terminally ill person to legally end life.

Girl wins right to return from the dead

In a heartbreaking letter to the court, girl wrote: "I don't want to die but I know I am going to...I want to live longer...I want to have this chance."

Starship to celebrate for a year

Martin Johnston looks at the journey of paediatric healthcare in New Zealand, bravely going where no children's hospital had before.

Worksafe TV ad takes flak from victim

Every time Deanna Trevarthen sees a Worksafe television advertisemen she shuts her eyes until her partner changes the channel.

Rotary women help Sallies (+video)

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Kerre McIvor: Not seeing kids far bigger penance

COMMENT: Vicki Letele is dying. She will not see her three young children grow up. That has to be a far worse punishment any court could give her.

When justice and compassion collide

A successful campaign for the release of terminally ill fraudster Vicki Letele illustrates one of society's most difficult decisions, writes David Fisher.

Devastated Bublé 'will not sing again'

Michael Buble has reportedly put his singing career on hold to focus on his son Noah's recovery from liver cancer.

Urology patient concerned by constant travel

A Whanganui cancer patient has had to make five return trips to Palmerston North in a month for treatment that he said was previously

Dying prisoner could be released in days

The family of Vicki Letele has been pleading for the fraudster to be let out of jail early so she can be with her family.

How wedding photo revealed cancer

A Kiwi mum-of-two who noticed an annoying spot on her chest in her wedding photos later realised it was skin cancer.

Seriously ill man dies in fiancee's arms

A 'lovely' father of two died in his fiancee's arms on a flight back to Britain just 24 hours after the pair got engaged at the Grand Canyon during a 'holiday of a lifetime'.

Singer Buble's 3yo son battling cancer

Michael Buble and his model wife Luisana Lopilato have announced that their eldest son, Noah, is battling cancer.

Second transplant for wee warrior

Isabella has had nearly 2000 procedures in her short life, including 67 rounds of chemo, radiation, and two bone marrow transplants.

'Don't give up' advises cancer survivor

A man who had tumours so big they broke his collarbone has become part of history after a medical trial saved him.

Dying prisoner's wait for pain relief: family

The family of terminally ill inmate Vicki Letele say she had to wait almost four hours for pain relief today.