15+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1181+ words) A handful of nuts could help lower the risk of high blood pressure. (Source: istock.com) More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with high blood pressure (hypertension). It’s the single biggest metabolic risk factor for early death – driving diseases such…...

14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1750+ words) Matcha is often billed as a healthy alternative to coffee. (Source: istock.com) Claire Turnbull looks at the growing array of wellbeing beverages and asks if they're worth their high price. But as appealing as they may look, with beautiful…...

15+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1147+ words) The 20-year-old died after being found unconscious at a party in Dunedin. (Source: istock.com) The "senseless" death of a Dunedin student who choked on his own vomit at a party has been described as "a woeful illustration of the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (619+ words) Middleton revealed she was having cancer treatment in 2024, and said she was in remission in January 2025. (Source: Supplied) Catherine, Princess of Wales visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer, after doing a charity climb earlier this year to…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1148+ words) Toddler Phoenix with shots of his whānau. (Source: 1News) A whānau devastated by their baby’s rare albinism disorder diagnosis has found comfort from the way he has embraced life and by taking on positive hopes for his future. For mum Alex…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (772+ words) A fire truck responded to the scene in Mt Albert on Thursday afternoon. (Source: rnz.co.nz) A woman who helped give a man dying on an Auckland footpath CPR says she is reluctantly speaking out after she claims a…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (591+ words) Health Minister Simeon Brown (Source: Getty) The Health Minister has been briefed after an organisation that runs clinical trial work for the sector was hit by a cyber incident. Health New Zealand said it was helping Zenith Technology, or ZenTech,…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (750+ words) Douglas 'Doug' Ruch arrived in New Zealand just days before his death. Source: Supplied (Source: rnz.co.nz) A coroner has found a man who raised thousands of dollars claiming to have terminal cancer did not have the disease when…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (779+ words) Elective surgeries are being postponed as the health system responds to the highest levels of demand seen in recent years. Health New Zealand says acute care has to be prioritised. Its national chief medical officer Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard said patient…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (671+ words) Dying Matters Week kicks off around the country, with hundreds of events planned to breathe new life into conversations about death. (Source: 1News) A Canterbury "death café" is serving up coffee with a side of morbid conversation this week, as part…...