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The Solomon Islands parliamentary review into the country's National Referral Hospital has heard there is a increase in cancer cases among young Solomon Islanders. At the parliamentary select committe…

Tuesday's papers: Labour to continue to attack English over housing allowances; $100 million redevelopment of shopping centre at Johnsonville; council backs down on an unpopular parking policy in…

An emergency medical service in Papua New Guinea says the Kokoda Track is no walk in the park and trekkers need to be sure they are capable of completing it.

William Safire, a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist and speechwriter for former President Richard Nixon, has died.

In a TV interview with Al Jazeera, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has denied any deal was done to secure the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi in August.

The dairy industry says it's been able to eliminate an infectious cattle disease from its herds, through the co-operation of farmers and processing companies.

Parliament's health select committee has distanced itself from accusations some doctors are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of men from prostate cancer. Audio

The rising Manawatu rugby star Aaron Cruden has signed with the province for another season, making him a leading candidate for the Hurricanes first five role. The Manawatu CEO John ...

The American Samoa LBJ hospital will this week ask the legislature, the fono, for funds to send patients overseas for diagnosis or treatment. Last year's funds have been used up,...

Some of the biggest names in football have paid their respects to the former England manager Sir Bobby Robson at a memorial service in Durham cathedral. Among those who paid ...

The audience award for top documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday went to the Topp twins. The 84 minute film documents their career and 25 years of social change in New… Audio

The former All Blacks captain and current Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs has confirmed he's fighting against leukaemia. Hobbs told Wellington's The Dominion Post newspaper that he has been diagnosed…

People living near Moa Point in Wellington are angry they were not consulted about a plan to install a cyclotron in their suburb. A cyclotron is a machine that creates a radioactive particle to detect… Audio

Mary Travers, a member of the Peter, Paul and Mary trio that played a prominent role in the 1960s folk music revival, has died of cancer, aged 72.

Medical leaders all over the world are warning of a global health catastrophe if governments cannot agree on cuts in greenhouse gases when they meet at Copenhagen in December.

Most high schools not prepared for launch of new curriculum; Kiwi soldiers get new high-tech armour; Christchurch is getting a new hospital; Junior world skiing championships to be held in Otago.

British celebrity chef Keith Floyd has died following a heart attack. He was 65.

American actor Patrick Swayze, who went from Broadway dancer to Hollywood star in box-office hits like 'Dirty Dancing', has died aged 57.