The Health Ministry has recalled a popular brand of the synthetic cannabis, Kronic Pineapple...

Station owner defends decision as within the law, but minister says it 'stinks'.

Abuse, neglect, disability care: words no one wants to see together. In 2006 a flurry of stories about appalling care sparked a Government inquiry. Despite steps to fix the problem, it's happening again.

Antenatal testing devalues children's lives and aims to cut Down births, battlers say.

An investigation is under way into what role synthetic cannabis may have played in a fatal car crash.

A planned crackdown on "cannabinoid" substances will severely curtail the use of controversial synthetic cannabis product Kronic, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.

Sizable aftershocks are continuing to shake Christchurch today, as the Prime Minister says authorities need time to sort out what parts of the city will be abandoned due to quake damage.

13 youths from Kawerau have died suddenly in just 18 months, with "no rhyme or reason."

The patient, a mum of two, had a severe stroke which left her virtually unable to talk.

A top Govt scientist says there is an "appalling" lack of information about synthetic cannabis products.

An anguished father wants substances such as Kronic synthetic cannabis banned.

15-year-old gets cannabis substitute 'as easily as an icecream' from dairy near city schools.

A high-profile personal trainer inflames the plus-size model debate, saying he wouldn't trust one to save him in a fire.