7+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1083+ words) Influenza A virus (h3n2) under a microscope. (Source: rnz.co.nz) A sharp spike in flu cases has come late in the season this year, adding to the pressure the health system is under already. By Kate Green for RNZ Dr…...

16+ hour, 39+ min 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…...

16+ hour, 1+ min 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…...

6+ hour, 50+ min ago   (712+ words) A packet of Pseudoephedrine (Source: rnz.co.nz) A pharmaceutical company wants the cold and flu drug pseudoephedrine out from behind the counter and back on pharmacy shelves. By Rowan Quinn for RNZ Reckitt Benckiser has put in an application…...

11+ hour, 59+ min 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…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (688+ words) Three roosters dumped outside the SPCA in Gisborne. (Source: SPCA Gisborne) (Source: Supplied) The SPCA in Gisborne has issued a "desperate plea" after seven roosters were dumped at their door – a week after three of the birds were left at…...

3+ day, 10+ 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,…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (973+ words) Ground-up shell-like sediment that McInnes says clogged the filter on his kitchen sink tap. (Source: Derek McInnes) A Whanganui man says he came home to brown, sediment-filled water running from his taps and has criticised the local council for being…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (913+ words) The initiative at St Thomas of Canterbury College was founded by parents who lost their son to suicide. (Source: 1News) A Christchurch high school is pioneering a new approach to student wellbeing with a nature-inspired space designed to help students regulate…...

6+ day, 12+ 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…...