Helena McAlpine is no different from thousands of Kiwi women in most ways ... but this time last year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Cancer survivor Lucy Bennett raised $10,000 for picture panels in Auckland Hospital's radiation department, making treatment a little more bearable.

Ezra Sitagata, 7, could 'pass and tackle like a pro' but he had to tell his team he had cancer.

A man who wrote a book about the death of his cancer-stricken mother has been charged with her attempted murder.

Former long-distance running star Allison Roe has defended thermal imaging, a popular but controversial investigation for breast cancer.

Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

Yvonne Knipe-Ackermann, who died in January on her 73rd birthday, left her $800,000 Ponsonby home to Oxfam.

Prime Minister John Key has appeared alongside actor Hugh Jackman in a video made by an Australian man for his Kiwi wife.

The threat of terrorism and piracy has put a stop to a New Zealand-based bid to jetski from London to Auckland.

A row has arisen over the release of the Lockerbie bomber.