Ground-breaking research into improving the condition of kidneys for transplantation has earned a young NZ doctor a top scholarship.

Farmers' $1 million donation to the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation has a personal connection for the firm's owners.

John Key last night voiced fears that the death toll in tsunami stricken Samoa could rise even higher with the outbreak of disease.

The number of patients in New Zealand hospitals attacked by "flesh-eating" bugs has trebled since 1990.

A 9-year-old girl gets a kidney from the sister of the man who gave his kidney to Jonah Lomu.

A Commonwealth Games medallist claims to have been maimed after being infected in hospital during a routine operation.