12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (413+ words) The intersection of SH1 and O'Neills Rd in Makikihi. (Source: Google Maps) (Source: Supplied) A person has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after a vehicle crashed into a ditch on State Highway 1 in Waimate this afternoon. Police said…...

22+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1181+ words) A handful of nuts could help lower the risk of high blood pressure. (Source: istock.com) More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with high blood pressure (hypertension). It’s the single biggest metabolic risk factor for early death – driving diseases such…...

15+ hour, 5+ min ago   (977+ words) Stressed woman reading a book. (Source: istock.com) While this year’s theme for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) is about celebrating communities that have kept te reo Māori alive, for individuals, the language learning and reclamation…...

21+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1750+ words) Matcha is often billed as a healthy alternative to coffee. (Source: istock.com) Claire Turnbull looks at the growing array of wellbeing beverages and asks if they're worth their high price. But as appealing as they may look, with beautiful…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago   (866+ words) Laisa Waka Tunidau. (Source: 1News) The inquest into the violent death of a Christchurch woman, who was murdered outside her Sockburn home by a forensic mental health patient, begins today. Mother of four, Laisa Waka Tunidau was fatally stabbed four years…...

22+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1147+ words) The 20-year-old died after being found unconscious at a party in Dunedin. (Source: istock.com) The "senseless" death of a Dunedin student who choked on his own vomit at a party has been described as "a woeful illustration of the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1083+ words) Influenza A virus (h3n2) under a microscope. (Source: rnz.co.nz) A sharp spike in flu cases has come late in the season this year, adding to the pressure the health system is under already. By Kate Green for RNZ Dr…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1148+ words) Toddler Phoenix with shots of his whānau. (Source: 1News) A whānau devastated by their baby’s rare albinism disorder diagnosis has found comfort from the way he has embraced life and by taking on positive hopes for his future. For mum Alex…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (712+ words) A packet of Pseudoephedrine (Source: rnz.co.nz) A pharmaceutical company wants the cold and flu drug pseudoephedrine out from behind the counter and back on pharmacy shelves. By Rowan Quinn for RNZ Reckitt Benckiser has put in an application…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (772+ words) A fire truck responded to the scene in Mt Albert on Thursday afternoon. (Source: rnz.co.nz) A woman who helped give a man dying on an Auckland footpath CPR says she is reluctantly speaking out after she claims a…...