After months of speculation - and years of her friends' doubts - Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson has admitted she never had cancer.

A group opposed to euthanasia says allowing terminally ill woman Lecretia Seales to take a lethal dose of drugs would have far-reaching impacts on NZ society.

The Human Rights Commission and two other groups want to join a legal challenge by a terminally ill woman seeking the right for a doctor to help her die without criminal prosecution.

The asbestos epidemic, which is expected to cause up to 12,000 New Zealand cancer deaths, may be reaching its long-predicted peak.

A breath test which can predict the chance of developing stomach cancer has been developed by Israeli scientists in the hope that it could save thousands of lives.

Warriors five-eighth Chad Townsend's future in New Zealand is under a cloud as the Sydney-based mother of his partner battles a terminal illness.

A 'devastated' doctor who was involved in a laboratory mix-up that led to one woman needlessly losing a breast has pleaded for forgiveness.

Hill had no intention of going public about her shocking story until her doctor encouraged her to speak out to educate others on the disease.

Dogs have a 98 per cent reliability rate in sniffing out prostate cancer, according to newly-published research.

Israeli scientists have found that cannabis can help slow the growth of some cancerous tumours, according to the preliminary results of new research.

Auckland heart specialist Malcolm Legget counts himself lucky to be alive more than three years after cancer was diagnosed in his pancreas and liver.

Older men are 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma than their parents’ generation and women are five times more likely.

Nine-year-old Lili Reynolds has beaten brain cancer - a year since the brave little Aucklander was granted her wish to meet a real life princess.

Sinda Hall has always loved swimming, but her decision to take part in this month's King of the Bays State Ocean Swim Series event goes beyond mere sport.

Angelina Jolie Pitt has announced she has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to mitigate cancer risk.

Rates of throat cancer have increased sharply in New Zealand since the 1980s and part of the rise may result from a widespread sexually transmitted infection.

Niki Orchard had discovered she had the BRCA1 gene in spring 2009, after losing her own mother to cancer in February.

New study appears to shed more light on the harmful effects of smoking while pregnant using 4D ultrasound scans to detect the tiny movements made by foetus in the womb.

After a heartbreaking terminal cancer diagnosis for newborn Southland identical twin girls the community has raised close to $30,000 for the grieving parents.

Colleen Curtis, 76, successfully beat uterine cancer while her best friend, Jan Skelton, 74, has lost friends and family to various forms of the disease.

New research has identified potential early treatments for deadly genetic cancers, removing the need for drastic preventative surgery.

Plain packaging for cigarettes made smokers more likely to quit in the year after it was introduced, the most comprehensive research on the legislation to date shows.

It's a cause that is close to Georgia's heart, as her mother died of cancer when Georgia was just 6-years-old. Her father also succumbed to the disease when she was 10.

In 2012, Liron Rosin was 8 when he was diagnosed with an inoperable liver cancer rare in children.

World champion shotputter Valerie Adams is paying tribute to her grandmother's courage fighting cancer, saying it is inspiring her to stay on top of the world.

Thousands of angry customers who bought healthy living app The Whole Pantry are now demanding their money back.

As a documentary-maker, Leanne Pooley had seen what serious illnesses can do. Now she is the patient. Here, she tells what happened when she was diagnosed with cancer and what it has taught her.