Rising petrol prices are pushing people in the South already struggling with the cost of living close to the brink.

For those with endometriosis, medicinal cannabis may offer "life-changing" relief from chronic and severe pelvic pain, new research has found.

A line can be drawn between Dr Shane Reti’s departure from politics and the backlash to the government’s handling of the new Dunedin hospital project, a pair of commentators say.