Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a death sentence for those who suffer with it. Encountering their experience, and the miracle drug that’s just out of reach, changed Paddy Gower. Audio

Last year Newshub put its weight behind a campaign to fund a treatment for cystic fibrosis from the public purse even though the cost was sky-high and the US-based maker never applied to register it… Audio

At 15, Bella Powell was told she had only two years to live if her CF went untreated. With nothing to lose, Bella, now 17, started taking a drug called Trikafta, and within hours she noticed results… Audio

Newshub has put its weight behind a campaign to fund a “miracle drug” for cystic fibrosis patients from the public purse. But are its viewers getting the full picture? Audio

What happens when you take six pilgrims from New Zealand and Australia and film them walking 800 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago? You get a great film that documents six very personal, and often… Audio, Gallery

People living with the debilitating respiratory condition cystic fibrosis want Pharmac to fund a breakthrough new drug treatment for a group of 30 patients. NZ is the only country in the OECD which… Audio

Should we do something just because we can? Such as engineering DNA - something now within reach. Kim Hill talks to Josephine Johnston, Peter Fineran, Colin Gavaghan and Jennie Harre Hindmarsh. Audio