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The two councils still taking legal action despite the Three Waters rebrand, MMR vaccination rates slump in our youngest and the Cambridge 63-year-old who rammed the ram raiders in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
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Writer Dawn Picken lost her public battle with liver disease in December.
‘Everybody in the flat has it’: Scabies break out among Christchurch students
A Christchurch GP has confirmed numerous young people have presented with the condition.
Cancer patient forks out $25k, drives five hours to avoid twelve-week waiting period
The woman told the Herald she was disgusted by the waiting periods.
Golf tournament raises thousands for Alzheimer’s Northland
Alzheimer’s Northland gets $22,000 from NZ Certified Builders' annual golf fundraiser.
Local Focus: Isolated and alone while losing his legs
Gisborne resident Josh Grant talks about his lonely brush with death.
Whooping cough and the uncle I never knew: Seven decades of sorrow and silence
Kiwi babies are still dying of the preventable disease that killed my uncle 75 years ago.
‘Supercharged’ cancer treatment shows promise against rare strain
Researchers report using supercharged immune cells is effective in fighting the disease.
Deadly virus outbreak prompts travel warning for these three destinations
No approved vaccines or antiviral treatments currently exist for the virus.
Urgent hunt to identify deadly whooping cough strain
Expert taskforce to investigate after three babies die from the disease.
'We can finally exhale': Woman takes on travel career as new drug available
“I can do this without having to worry about getting sick.”
'More days on this Earth': Sisters celebrate as 'miracle' drug now available in NZ
“I never thought that I would be able to live the life I’m living now ... I’m thriving.”
Olympic rowers reveal the 'rare disease that changed our lives’
Louise and John open up about the diagnosis that plunged their family into crisis.
NZ's first rabies death recorded, overseas traveller dies in Auckland
Officials say the disease, contracted overseas, poses no danger to the Kiwi community.
The Last of Us: Human catches fungal disease from plant in world first
The first-of-a-kind discovery was made after a fungus expert fell sick.
Rare Disorders Month is ending - but it's a continual everyday battle for whānau
March has been a month of reflection, but the mahi must go on.
'A tough road to navigate': A painful personal journey of endometriosis
Endometriosis has been described by some as a condition sometimes considered "invisible."
Greens call for universal Covid vax availabilty after nearly 2500 children hospitalised
The Green Party is calling for the Covid-19 vaccine to be made universally available.
Deadly fungal infection with 'alarming spread' in US now found in New Zealand
Candida auris is spreading rapidly across the US.
US superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic
Superfungus Candida auris cases tripled in just over 3 years, according to report.
Dying 30-year-old Kiwi shares heartbreaking bucket list
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The new advice on reducing peanut allergy risk in children
NHS says no nut products before six months old but new data says otherwise.
Awatoto gets dedicated council response team amid contamination concerns
Houses in Awatoto have been deemed as being at ‘low risk’ of contamination.
'They don't care about us': Whānau fighting cancer share struggles with health system
Māori whānau facing cancer talk about barriers to treatment in current health system.
Kaitāia College to start own school lunch programme following food poisoning debacle
"It should have been done a long time before this," one student said.
Concerns meningitis vaccine running low, claims two student cases not linked
The Meningitis Foundation is concerned about low vaccine supplies.
Hospitalised by leptospirosis - a warning for cyclone clean-up workers
Road worker assumed it was the flu at first, but then symptoms worsened.
‘We weren’t told’: Student battling meningococcal disease unaware of second vaccine
The student's mother said many may think they're safe from the illness, but they are not.
Meningococcal B vaccine now funded for 'life threatening' disease
Four Northland children under the age of 5 contracted meningococcal B in July last year.
Increase in meningococcal cases prompts warning for students to be vigilant
Vaccine to be funded for 13-25 year-olds in close living situations.
In the dark: Fears of contamination plague a ‘forgotten’ flood community
"People are like, 'What? We didn’t know you’d even been hit'."
Covid-19 update: 11,453 new cases, 18 deaths and 177 in hospital
The latest Covid-19 results for the week are in.