Canterbury District Health Board would like to thoroughly reassure the public that there is not a crisis looming in cancer treatment in Canterbury (The Press Friday 5 February).

A first ever survey of the experiences of people seeking outpatient cancer treatment in the New Zealand health system reveals similarities with Australia and Canada. In general there were very high satisfaction levels, balanced by plenty of room for improvement.

New Kiwi research into current prostate cancer treatments could help save lives and ease the suffering of those with this disease.

Cancer patients have responded in droves to a first of its kind survey in New Zealand exploring patient experiences of cancer care.

The Cancer Control Council of New Zealand has received 2,239 responses or a 66 percent response rate to its patient care survey, which has now closed.

Repco Rally New Zealand Media statement re 2008 FIA World Rally Championship Post-event, Rally Japan Release: 4 November 2008 A three day battle over the narrow roads of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido has seen the BP Ford World Rally Team claim the top two positions in the penultimate round

14 October 2008 - With his second victory in back-to-back tarmac rallies, Citroen's Sbastien Loeb has extended his lead in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) to 14 points over closest rival Ford's Mikko Hirvonen The success in Rally de France - the 13th of 15 rounds in the WRC - was the

20 August 2008 - The Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team has decided to enter Franois Duval in Repco Rally New Zealand which starts on Thursday 28 August, following their lead driver Gigi Galli suffering a broken leg during Rallye Deutschland on 15 August.

18 August 2008 - Despite the best efforts of Ford drivers Francois Duval and Mikko Hirvonen, the Citron World Rally Team dominated Rallye Deutschland over the weekend with the team's two cars finishing one-two, ahead of Duval in third.

7 July 2008 - Christchurch's St George's Hospital has been given the green light to proceed with the development of its $15m comprehensive cancer care service.

27 May 2008 - With just two weeks between World Rally Championship events, drivers and teams face one of the most endurance-sapping challenges on their calendar with this weekend's BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally, the seventh round of the 2008 season, running 29 May to 1 June.