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'Be gentle': Ariana Grande addresses body-shaming

The pop star took to TikTok on Tuesday to share a rare three-minute confessional.

Would you recognise Robbie Williams now?

The Rock DJ star has shared a new look while on holiday with his family.

Watch: Jeremy Renner appears with a cane after accident

The details are horrifying but the star says he feels 'lucky'.

Greerton Pathlab clinic re-opens after one-year closure

The Greerton clinic has been closed since the end of April 2022 due to staff shortages.

Cancer treatment crisis, green light for more migrants & history at the Cabinet table | Focus Morning Bulletin 12 April, 2023

Cancer treatment backlog breaching patients' rights, green light for more migrants to get residency and history made at the Cabinet table in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Cancer patient with eight weeks to live told 12-week delay to see specialist

A quarter to a third of cancer patients waited more than two months to see a specialist.

Covid 19 update: Further eight deaths, 12,129 new cases

There were 12,129 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Aotearoa.

Covid-19: What new modelling shows if mandatory isolation period scrapped

A Government announcement on the mandatory Covid isolation period is expected this week.

Opinion: Nine urgent ways to fix NZ's health system

OPINION: The way that some staff have been dealt with has been shameful.

Covid-19 may kill 1000 Kiwis, cause 10,000 hospitalisations in 2023 - Michael Baker

Epidemiologist says Covid-19's toll this year may be double flu's annual average rate.

Sexologist reveals why women fake it with partners

Expert tips on how to understand each other, express desires and stop missing out.

‘Gross lack of care’: Family blasts hospital after vulnerable patient absconds twice in an hour

Woman who attempted suicide and took off twice from Waikato Hospital 'lucky' to be alive

Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings in the US

The drug has been used by millions of women over the past 23 years.

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.

'Soul-destroying': Northland GPs burnt out amid staff shortage

Northland GPs are criticising the level of funding for general practice.

Rules on food ads aimed at kids should be tighter, say researchers

Expert says rules about advertising to children should apply to all under-18-year-olds.

Whooping cough: Scientists sequence strain but face challenges in tracking spread

Three babies have died from the disease, also known as pertussis, this year.

What your headache is trying to tell you

How to tell if that thumping head is just a tension headache or something more.