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'By Tongan, for Tongan' approach to bowel screening supported

Pacific peoples are 60 per cent more likely to die from bowel cancer.

Get the Lowe down on Sir Graham's 12 life principles

League legend Sir Graham Lowe unveils his coaching tips.

Getting to the heart of Māori and Pasifika patients

Physiotherapist researches ways to support Māori and Pasifika with heart issues.

Planning a child-free trip to Rarotonga? We've found just the right place

If resorts aren’t your vibe, these beachfront villas are a private paradise.

'I got to have a life': The kidney donation that changed a young woman's world

Helotu Kofe was 19 when she was told she needed a kidney to live - her brother stepped up.

200,000 litres of diesel has leaked from Manawanui

Sources say concerns were raised about potential leakage from the ship's engines.

First image reveals $100m Manawanui shipwreck on bottom of ocean floor

The image shows a light slick of oil coming from the vessel.

Family of inmate killed in cell demand answers from Corrections

'The only way I can honour my brother is for the system to change.'

Fire on HMNZS Manawanui broke out in engine room - Samoan officials

Work continues at the site today, as a tapu (ban) remains in place at Tafitoala Coast.

PM vows to do 'everything it takes' to reduce environmental impact after navy ship sinks

Christopher Luxon said clean-up teams and spill kits were sent to Samoa.

Strong smell of oil reported after Manawanui sinking

Samoan authorities are looking at the environmental impacts of the sinking disaster.

Māori, Pacific and Asian psychologists more likely to experience racism - report

Mātauranga Māori is tokenised and treated as an afterthought - Māori student.

From whales to cocktails: Top tips for cycling Rarotonga’s coastal loop road

The trick is to spend more time off the bike than on it.

Crew abandoned stricken ship in darkness, rescued from lifeboats in heavy seas

All 75 aboard the ship have been accounted for.

HMNZS Manawanui sinking: Commander credited with saving lives after Navy ship ran aground

All 75 aboard the ship have been accounted for.

'Smart, strategic and vital to our interests': Winston Peters ‘in his sweet spot'

CEOs laud Peters ‘the best Foreign Minister New Zealand has ever had’.

PhD study measures wealth through a Tongan lens

'We invest in our relationships, we invest in our families, we invest in each other.'

'Tattoos looked like I had a giant blackhead,' says cancer survivor

New charitable initiative launched to remove tattoos applied during cancer treatment.