Terminal Illness
End of Life Choice: interviews with doctors, terminally ill
Palliative care specialist and Otago University senior lecturer Janine Winters and PhD candidate Jessica Young discuss their latest research on attitudes to assisted-dying from the point of view of… Audio
New Zealanders continue to favour euthanasia legislation
A new survey from Research New Zealand Limited shows that Kiwis continue to be in favour of euthanasia legislation, while opinion is more polarised but possibly changing in favour of the recreational… Audio
More than two thirds of Kiwis support End of Life Choice bill
Seventy per cent of New Zealanders polled in a Research New Zealand online panel have stated they are in favour of the legislation which allows terminally-ill adults to request a medically-assisted… Audio
End of Life Choice bill passes final reading
The third and final reading of the End of Life Choice Bill on Euthanasia has passed in Parliament by 69 vote to 51. Audio
Willie Jackson: Why I’ll vote in favour of euthanasia bill
Labour MP Willie Jackson says his mother's illness has led him to vote in favour of the End of Life Choice bill next week, despite her views against euthanasia. He spoke to Checkpoint reporter Alex… Audio
Euthanasia debate raises awareness over palliative care challenges
The palliative care sector says it's happy the euthanasia debate has raised awareness over the inequities and challenges it faces. Audio
Select committee recommends changes to euthanasia legislation
Euthanasia legislation is likely to be amended and restricted only to the terminally ill, if it makes it through the next vote in Parliament. The justice committee delivered its response to the bill… Video, Audio
Delivering the truth to patients
Medical professionals need to balance their patients' right to hear the truth with an obligation to sensitivity, a palliative care specialist says. Audio
What I do is build an unreal house and I fill it with real storms
An intensely personal memoir by one of the country's leading writers of fantasy, exploring the roots of her interest in alternative reality, and intertwining her own story, and that of her family into… Audio