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'It’s really, really cold': South Auckland family with disabled boy live in converted garage
Five-year-old Kiaansh has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and uses a feeding tube. Video / Annaleise Shortland
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Person seriously injured after car flips onto cycleway
Fire crews freed one person trapped after the vehicle rolled on to the cycleway.
‘Enjoy your life’: Young Auckland man faces $500k fight for cancer therapy overseas
The therapy, costing up to $1 million, is not yet publicly available in New Zealand.
Frith Tweedie: Manage My Health breach – Privacy Commissioner's report has implications for every business
OPINION: It wasn't just a hack or a technical lapse.
From homes to honours: Real estate chief recognised for philanthropy and sport
PLUS: Jim Farmer, Bryan Mogridge, Karleen Everitt, Evan Davies and others recognised.
'It was a privilege': Family farewells 12yo after courageous rare cancer battle
Hugo Donaldson was diagnosed at 9 with Stage 4 Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma.
Cecilia Robinson: From birth to broadband – What the Budget's small print tells us
OPINION: The most encouraging part of this Budget line is not just the money.
Power cut hits Auckland’s North Shore Hospital, people stuck in lifts, procedures canned
The blackout began about 9.30am and lasted more than two and a half hours.
Worker dies, another seriously hurt at East Auckland electromagnet manufacturing site
The injuries happened at Buckley Systems’ Bowden Rd site about 1.30pm.
Long days travelling for dialysis nearly broke her. Now she has hope
She considered giving up dialysis because of it, which would make her illness terminal.
Diphtheria outbreak across the Ditch: How worried should Kiwis be?
Diphtheria is highly contagious and can spread through coughing, sneezing and touch.
In Australia, Manage My Health would now be staring down the barrel of a $60m fine
Whatever you think of Australia's tough approach, it affects many NZ firms.
Staff shortages at rural hospitals leave beds sitting empty - report
Patient numbers at 12 rural hospital EDs rose 4.7% between 2023 and 2025.
Man seriously injured in shooting at Auckland property, armed police guard home
Police were called just after 6.30am to Mt Wellington Highway, scene guard in place.
'Inhumane': Insurer denies mum's breast cancer claim due to pre-existing 'mastitis' symptoms
'This is a human rights issue,' says the young mother. 'I didn't ask to have cancer.'
Budget 2026: $35 million boost announced for ambulance services
The investment aims to cut avoidable emergency transports by 23,000 a year.
$12m licence to occupy: Inside NZ's most expensive luxury retirement penthouse
'I don't know of anything in the total apartment market that expensive.'
Pedestrian critically injured after collision with van in Auckland's Red Beach
The Serious Crash Unit has examined the scene at Whangaparaoa Rd, Red Beach.
New 28-bed surgical ward takes shape at Hawke’s Bay Hospital
It is designed for short-stay surgical patients and surgical assessments.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Leadership needs experience, not just ambition
OPINION: What you were doing 20 years ago could determine your leadership credibility.
'Thrown into a nightmare': Father's $500k race for last-chance cancer treatment overseas
Wayne Fearnehough, 59, is facing his third bout of aggressive lymphoma.
'May appear confused': Police search for missing man last seen leaving hospital
Diabetic man could be trying to get to other towns, police say.
Nurses say stroke patients left in wet beds as chronic understaffing exposed
Forty nurses and healthcare assistants signed a letter warning of danger to patients. Video / Anna Heath
Stroke patients left in wet beds as 'chronic understaffing' exposed, nurses claim
Forty nurses and healthcare assistants signed a letter warning of danger.
Hokianga hospital owner plans hui and meeting circuit after $2.3m loss
Firm BDO has drawn up a new, five-year financial plan after 2025's deficit.
Inside the facility where a Kiwi will quarantine after being on hantavirus ship
The six travellers will spend at least three weeks in quarantine in Perth.
Fourth measles case confirmed in Wellington as health officials warn of spread
Health experts warn measles is now likely circulating in the Wellington community.
Mastectomy patient burned in surgery as hospital staff ignore warming mattress alarm
An alarm on the mattress activated twice during the operation - but staff overrode it.
I had hantavirus. This is what it’s like
In the Americas, hantavirus can carry up to a 50% chance of death.
NICU crisis: Single mum flies between two cities with twins in separate hospitals
Rebecca Fitzgerald’s twins were born at just 23 weeks, weighing under 800g.