Death

Legal action may follow over a disabled man who died in a fire after he was locked in a house unsupervised while his caregiver went to buy food. Audio

How much is a life worth? Can we put a price on the most precious commodity of them all? In country with a publicly funded health system, society has to do just that. A group of public health… Audio

Harriet "Hat" Rowland is the author of the bestselling The Book of Hat, a finalist in this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Hat died last year, aged 20, two years after she was… Audio

As the government avoids facing legislation around assisted dying a counsellor in Perth operates sessions called Death Cafe. We talk to Ava Reyerson about why people want to discuss dying over coffee.

Dr Brian Ensor, Director of Palliative Care and Wendie Ayley, clinical nurse specialist, are both from Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington. Next week the hospice is holding a conference for health… Audio

The life-and-limb costs of the war to NZ; the home front realities at war’s end, including placing returned soldiers on marginal or poor farming land. Includes two end-of-war song parodies. Audio

Sergeant Cobb recalls an armistice to bury the dead from both sides at Gallipoli, May 1915. Burial lessened the threat of disease and was in the interests of both the allied and Turkish forces. Audio

The mother of a West Coast boy who died because he wasn't monitored properly after surgery is demanding more accountability for medical staff who make mistakes. Audio

The West Coast District Health Board admits the death of a 15 year boy after a routine appendix operation is a tragedy that should never have happened Audio

The death of an unborn baby will never be forgotten by hospital staff who made several crucial mistakes. Audio

Heather Gunter says people have a right to know if the doctors and nurses looking after them have a record of mistakes and have been investigated by the Health and Disability Commissioner. Audio

Health science writer Dr Atul Gawande is coming to New Zealand for two events in the 2015 Auckland Writers Festival. He talks to Wallace about health care, how elderly people are treated, and where… Audio

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

The police say the 53-year-old man died last night after being called to reports of an attack on the man's parents in their Hastings home earlier in the evening. Audio

District Court Judge who was appointed the first Chief Coroner of New Zealand under the Coroners Act 2006, and retired from the position on 13 February. Audio

Contributing editor at Harper's Bazaar, and writer for the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Observer, Aeon, and Prospect, discussing her article Take Me to the Death Café. Audio

Richard McElrea recently retired after 21 years as the Christchurch Coroner. Over that time he has presided over hundreds of inquests, including the 2010 Fox Glacier plane crash which killed nine… Audio

If the worst happens do you want you life support switched off? It's an intensely personal question but ultimately that decision is out of your hands - it's up to your doctors and your family to… Audio