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“It saved my life”: Survivor urges nationwide lung cancer screening programme

6 May, 2026

A 58-year-old ex-smoker from Auckland had no symptoms and no warning signs when she was diagnosed with New Zealand’s deadliest cancer....

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Advocates demand lung cancer screening for New Zealand’s deadliest cancer

2 March, 2026

Australia screens for lung cancer. England screens for lung cancer. New Zealand does not, yet it is the country’s deadliest cancer....