Assisted Dying

The Wellington lawyer Lecretia Seales died overnight after taking a case for her to be allowed to end her life to the High Court. Ethicist Tim Dare joins the Panel to talk about the issue becoming… Audio

The Wellington lawyer who took a landmark case to the High Court over assisted dying, had died just hours after receiving the judgement. Lecretia Seales was 42. She was a highly experienced public… Audio

But the Voluntary Euthanasia Society has told the High Court that the Lecretia Seales case is about her doctor prescribing medication, for the purpose of relieving her suffering. Audio

The High Court's been told disabled and elderly people would be at risk if a terminally ill woman is allowed to enlist her doctor's help to die, without fear of prosecution. Audio

The High Court's been told the disabled and elderly people would be at risk if a terminally ill woman is allowed to enlist her doctor's help to die, without fear of prosecution. Audio

The Solicitor General's told a packed courtroom that it's up to Parliament and not the courts to rule on whether a doctor can help someone die. The lawyer for Lecretia Seales who is 42 and has brain… Audio

The public gallery at the High Court in Wellington is expected to be packed full for a second day, as a terminally ill woman continues to argue her request to die on her terms Audio

A Wellington High Court has heard a desperate plea from a woman with terminal brain cancer to let her die on her own terms. Audio

Dr Kevin Yuill is an anti-euthanasia author and campaigner visiting from the UK. Audio

A Wellington woman's fight to die with her doctor's help will this morning take its next step with the start of a trial in the High Court in Wellington. Audio

Lawyer Lecretia Seales has had her final day at work. Lecretia is asking the High Court to uphold her right to die at the time of her choosing. Audio

Andrew Butler is the lawyer for terminally ill woman, Lecretia Seales, who is going to the High Court seeking the right for a doctor to help her die without criminal prosecution. www.lecretia.org Audio

The lawyer for a woman fighting for the right to die with her doctor's help fears the case may get bogged down and take up time his client doesn't have. Audio

A terminally ill Wellington woman's High Court case for the right to die is becoming a test case for special interest groups. Audio

A Research NZ poll finds resounding support for doctors to be allowed to end patients lives. We talk to Renee Joubert from Euthanasia Free NZ. Audio

British author Gavin Extence doesn't shy away from taboo subjects. His acclaimed first novel, The Universe Versus Alex Woods, centres on a teenager who helps his elderly friend end his own life. For… Audio

Lecretia Seales is dying of a brain tumour, and is lobbying the government to reform the laws on assisted dying. The 41-year-old Wellington senior public lawyer was diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and… Audio

Terminally ill patients are launching a new campaign in an attempt to win the right to be able to legally end their lives. 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

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