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"We want to go further, we want to match Australia." Audio

The age for free screenings will go from 60 to 58, but using money previously set aside to give Māori and Pacific access to tests from 50. A cancer network is calling it "institutionalised racism".

Brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of people under 40 - but in New Zealand there is no register to keep track of the deadly disease.

The prime minister's comment that parents who are dissatisfied with the new school lunch programme should pack the lunches themselves has not gone down well with some. Audio

David Seymour is aiming to get problems with school lunches fixed by the start of term two - but won't resign the portfolio if he doesn't.

The party is pushing back on calls for stringent new online literacy and numeracy exams to be scaled back.

Analysis: If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you're not alone.

"So having the information is one thing, and it's really important, but it's now what we do," Whaikaha chief executive Paula Tesoriero told Nine to Noon. Audio

Trans and non-binary New Zealanders say they have been threatened in the street and run off the road on their bikes.

One in six New Zealanders have a long-term disability - but the rate is higher for the rainbow population, Māori and women, Stats NZ data shows.

The party plans to deliver a Green Budget this year to offer an alternative to "trickle-down economics and austerity politics".

The head of the Catholic Church remains in critical condition, battling pneumonia and mild signs of kidney failure. Audio

Analysis: On Friday it is five years since Covid-19 was first reported in New Zealand, and it continues to remain Aotearoa's most harmful disease demanding a strong response.

A new global study shows New Zealand is doing well in bringing down the number of breast cancer deaths, a health researcher says.

Roberta Flack was known for her celebrated interpretations of romantic ballads like "Killing Me Softly With His Song" as well as her professional collaborations and social activism.

Answering on behalf of Minister for Women Nicola Grigg, Collins glanced at Mark Mitchell after his remarks about "perimenopausal" women was questioned.

Prosecutors had sought a prison sentence over the incident that provoked a heated debate in Spain about sexism in women's football and wider Spanish society.

The burgeoning private healthcare industry claims its current building boom will "take pressure off the public system". Audio

Zeena Ali asked if she could wear her hijab as part of her NZ police uniform. The response was, "What's that?"