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NZ Herald: Assisted dying in New Zealand: Who is eligible under the law?

Brightly Nov 3, 2026, 3:25:40 PM

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NZ-Herald-Article-Thumbnails-Assisted-dying-in-New-Zealand--Who-is-eligible-under-the-law--–-Hannah-McQueen

Conversations about euthanasia show it is complex, confronting and, at times, beautiful.

I thought I understood assisted dying. I supported the principle of giving terminally ill people a choice. What I hadn’t appreciated was what exercising that choice involved, or what it meant for the families alongside them. I cried when interviewing Manu Pelayo.

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