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![Editorial: National Party's board appointments of the two Bs is a wise choice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: National Party's board appointments of the two Bs is a wise choice
OPINION: Paula Bennett and Simon Bridges are a perfect fit.
![Focus: Heart drug funding plea](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus: Heart drug funding plea
Cardiologists are urging Pharmac to fund life-saving SGLT2 inhibitors for heart failure. Video / NZ Herald
!['Could have saved him': Mum's grief after losing unborn baby; fears for 'laid-back' maternity care](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Could have saved him': Mum's grief after losing unborn baby; fears for 'laid-back' maternity care
Lana calls for more routine screening, saying NZ's maternity care is too laid-back.
![‘Worst nightmare’: Mum’s disbelief after 16yo son died within days of flu symptoms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
‘Worst nightmare’: Mum’s disbelief after 16yo son died within days of flu symptoms
Adored son and brother William Jones was fit and healthy before the sudden illness.
!['Nothing better': Top Waikato surgeon on his life-changing work in Samoa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Nothing better': Top Waikato surgeon on his life-changing work in Samoa
Dr Askar Kukkady is still performing miracles, 20 years on.
![Months of pain for former hairdresser leads to colorectal cancer diagnosis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Months of pain for former hairdresser leads to colorectal cancer diagnosis
A few years after losing her son to suicide, she noticed fatigue. Then came the diagnosis.
![Government cancer drugs promise could cost New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Government cancer drugs promise could cost New Zealand
The Government has fulfilled its pre-election promise to fund new cancer drugs.
![Mixed reaction from patients to cancer drugs promise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mixed reaction from patients to cancer drugs promise
Specific treatments for bowel, liver, kidney, lung and bladder cancer have been named.
![Hiring freeze: Doctor jobs unfilled as Health NZ cost-cutting bites](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hiring freeze: Doctor jobs unfilled as Health NZ cost-cutting bites
Doctors had job applications paused at the reference-checking stage, or delayed for weeks.
![Pharmac Minister won't guarantee National’s 13 cancer drugs will be funded](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pharmac Minister won't guarantee National’s 13 cancer drugs will be funded
David Seymour's comments put him at odds with the Health Minister.
![Young Māori cancer survivor interviews Michelle Obama](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Young Māori cancer survivor interviews Michelle Obama
Kya Hurihanganui Thornicroft was only 13 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
![Health Ministry staff fire back at pay freeze; changes to Suicide Prevention Office revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Health Ministry staff fire back at pay freeze; changes to Suicide Prevention Office revealed
A lump-sum payment is instead being delivered, based on staff performance.
!['We have more work to do': Use of traditional Māori healing soars – ACC](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'We have more work to do': Use of traditional Māori healing soars – ACC
In 2020, 472 people made claims for rongoā healing. In 2023, 6103 did.
![Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
![Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills
OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'
![Steve Maharey: Why the Government made its own problem with Pharmac](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Steve Maharey: Why the Government made its own problem with Pharmac
OPINION: The Pharmac model has done irreparable damage.
!['It's insane': Patient advocate criticises tax cuts as people fundraise for surgeries, cancer treatments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'It's insane': Patient advocate criticises tax cuts as people fundraise for surgeries, cancer treatments
Budget 2024 did not deliver the much-promised funding for 13 new cancer drugs.
![When Covid and the flu collide – is our healthcare system ready?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
When Covid and the flu collide – is our healthcare system ready?
OPINION: A double-whammy of illnesses may deliver New Zealand its sickest winter yet.
![Kiwi mum's shock cancer diagnosis: 'Four tumours in my heart'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi mum's shock cancer diagnosis: 'Four tumours in my heart'
This Christchurch mum relies on $5500-a-month drugs to stay alive.
!['Death sentence' living in NZ: Mum paying $180k for surgery in Germany](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Death sentence' living in NZ: Mum paying $180k for surgery in Germany
'If we didn’t go ... within the next five years I’ll die.'
![Letters: PM's integrity on line over cancer drugs U-turn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: PM's integrity on line over cancer drugs U-turn
OPINION: 'Cancer patients need action now, not lame excuses.'