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Private use of publicly-funded cancer drugs will widen inequities, doctors warn

Despite multiple assessments Mrs A's cancer went undiagnosed for months. Photo: Getty Images

Private use of publicly-funded cancer drugs will widen inequities, doctors warn

A move to allow private patients to access publicly-funded cancer drugs threatens to increase wait times for those in the public system, warn senior doctors.

Coroner takes aim at Runit after fatal league head injury

Coroner takes aim at Runit after fatal league head injury

A Coroner has taken aim at Runit competitions saying they should not be recognised as an official sport.

Kāinga Ora cans hundreds of new homes

Kāinga Ora CEO Matt Crockett (right) and Housing Minister Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ/...

Kāinga Ora cans hundreds of new homes

State housing provider Kāinga Ora is halting hundreds of housing developments which would have delivered nearly 3500 homes, and selling a fifth of its vacant land.

Father of six jailed for violent rampage

An angry man struck his partner while she was holding a baby because she wouldn’t talk to him, before going on to injure six other people, including three children, in a fit of rage.

Cook Islands funding frozen over China links

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ

Cook Islands funding frozen over China links

New Zealand has paused its core sector support funding for the Cook Islands after its government signed partnership agreements with China earlier this year, Winston Peters office says.

'Unexplained' Christchurch car park death not missing woman

'Unexplained' Christchurch car park death not missing woman

A woman who died after being found with critical injuries in a Riccarton car park was not Elisabeth Nicholls, police say.

NZ embassy staff evacuated from Tehran

An excavator removes debris from a residential building that was destroyed in an attack by Israel...

NZ embassy staff evacuated from Tehran

Two staff and their families have been evacuated from the New Zealand embassy in Tehran.

'Heavy hearts': Cafe goes into liquidation

'Heavy hearts': Cafe goes into liquidation

The owners of the London Canteen have let their customers know with "heavy hearts" the cafe at Oderings Garden Centre in Barrington has gone into liquidation.

Plan to end census criticised

The days of the government counting (almost) everything on a five-yearly basis are over, but a leading academic is worried its replacements will not be as effective.

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Decision on proposed Waikato medical school near: Reti

Fernando Hernandez. Photo: Peter McIntosh

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Decision on proposed Waikato medical school near: Reti

D-Day is approaching for the fate of the proposed Waikato medical school.

Girl taken to hospital after moped hits pram-pusher

A 4-year-old girl has reportedly been taken to Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition after a moped hit a pram.

Body found in Christchurch car park

Police say a body has been found in a car park in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton.

Police considering options for body cameras

Police reviewed more than 6000 records. Photo: RNZ

Police considering options for body cameras

The police union says officers getting body cameras for the first time will counter people doctoring phone footage of interactions.

Auckland supermarket ruins handed back to Foodstuffs

A day after a massive blaze broke out at an Auckland supermarket, the fire service has handed over the building - or what's left of it - to its owners, Foodstuffs.

PM rejects idea of visa waivers for China

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (centre) and Tourism Minister Louise Upston (to his left) at...

PM rejects idea of visa waivers for China

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has poured cold water on the idea of complete visa waivers, or extended visas for "premium" travellers from China.

Person dies in Blenheim vehicle incident

Police interviewed both Ashton's mother and her then partner three times.

Person dies in Blenheim vehicle incident

A person has died after reportedly ending up under their own vehicle in suburban Blenheim.

KiwiRail charged over Cook Strait ferry grounding

KiwiRail charged over Cook Strait ferry grounding

Maritime NZ has filed two health and safety charges against KiwiRail over its grounding of the Interislander ferry Aratere nearly a year ago.

National, Labour in slanging match over abuse in care redress

Erica Stanford, left, and Jan Tinetti Photo: RNZ

National, Labour in slanging match over abuse in care redress

National Minister Erica Stanford's scrutiny hearing descended into a political slanging match between the minister and two Labour MPs as they clashed over the redress system for survivors abused in state care.

Census scrapped, replaced by 'administrative data'

The 2018 census was a fizzer. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Census scrapped, replaced by 'administrative data'

New Zealanders have filled out their last traditional Census form, with the five-yearly count scrapped from 2030.

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