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7 things you should know about breast cancer in NZ
Around 3500 women and 25 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand every year.
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'Hankering for hill country': Smedley Station cadet mix signals changing times
Of the 13 cadets accepted into Smedley Station for 2026, seven are women.
'Verges on outrageous': Why Trump’s unfounded paracetamol claims could put pregnant women at risk
The US president also repeated discredited claims about vaccines and autism.
I’m a busy working mum. This is what I thought of Jacinda Ardern’s children’s book
Does the former PM's new picture book Mum's Busy Work relate to the everyday working mum?
Pregnant women should not use cannabis, new US medical guidelines say
NYT: Marijuana during pregnancy is linked to poor birth outcomes, a medical society says.
'Outrageous': Anger at Government changes to equal pay laws
The law change halted 33 active pay equity claims across key sectors.
Stuart Nash dumped from US govt trip after crude remarks about women
Nash had already quit two other roles before apologising publicly on LinkedIn.
'A wake-up call': Female-only start-ups get fraction of capital funding
Of roughly $160m of capital investment, female start-ups received just $4.5m.
From psychosis to stillbirth and suicide: How mental health services are failing new mums
What three parents' experience reveal on the state of maternal mental health.
UK aristocrat, partner sentenced over baby’s death
The pair were caught in Brighton after a seven-week nationwide police hunt.
UK aristocrat, partner face sentencing over baby's death
Baby Victoria’s body was discovered in a bag on a vegetable patch in Brighton.
Janet McAllister: Auckland Women's Centre is 50 – do we dare celebrate amid attacks on rights?
OPINION: The centre has survived disco, Rogernomics and grunge to reach menopause.
Troops stranded by river as bandits snatch 18 women and children in Nigeria
Troops were unable to reach the village as a swollen river blocked boats.
Japan's number of centenarians at record high of nearly 100,000
Of Japan's 99,763 centenarians, 88% are women, the country's Health Ministry says.
'Grateful it happened': The re-emergence of Renee Holmes
Holmes is again playing a key role after being dropped from the Black Ferns in early 2025.
'Awesome': Initiative aims to welcome more women to building trades
Women now make up 6% of BCITO apprentices.
'No evidence of remorse': Judge condemns mushroom killer at sentencing
Erin Patterson will serve 33 years at Victoria's Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.
Hawke's Bay man who spent $2200 on a block of butter might turn it into banana cake
Is this NZ's most expensive block of butter?
'I’ve been spat on': One woman's fight to rid NZ construction of misogyny
'What I got back was a flood of sexualised threats.'
‘Is there going to be a war?’: NZ Army chief on modern combat and women on the frontline
Chief of Army Major General Rose King on her rise through the ranks to top dog.
Germany debates gender law amid row over neo-Nazi
Interior Minister wants tighter rules on gender self-determination after 'abuse' of law.
Commissioner considers merging govt agencies for efficiency boost
Te Puni Kōkiri will not be changed, ensuring its functions and branding remain.
Historic change: New rules in Australia target campus gender-based violence
New laws require universities to prevent gender-based violence.
Helen Mirren: Condescension towards elders is insulting
She urges people to embrace ageing, highlighting its many positives.
Travel Alerts: Flights return, art blooms, and adventures await
Five new reasons to start planning your next trip
It’s not your imagination. Your period may be making your depression worse
'The way I think of it is that your brain is allergic to your menstrual cycle.'
‘I’ve never worked in my life’: Meet the Real Housewives of London
Who’s who on the new reality series set to be your next addiction?
Sasha Borissenko: The bright young legal minds rewriting the rules
OPINION: I'm leaving Aotearoa for New York after 270 legal columns.
'Breaking point': Designer's WOW entry a tribute to decades-long health battle
Emma Highfield's 2025 wearable art design is "a representation of what I've been through".
The question that saw female quota added for America's Cup teams
'What I wasn’t being true to myself in is that we weren’t creating that next piece.'