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Cairns, 51, had undergone several operations after suffering an
aortic dissection but had not responded to treatment as hoped,
Newshub reported. An aortic dissection is a tear in the body's
main artery.
Newshub said he would be transferred to a specialist hospital in
Sydney.
New Zealand's cricket players' union was unable to provide
immediate comment.
A New Zealand Cricket spokesman said the board was respecting
Cairns' right to privacy and declined to comment on the
situation.
Regarded one of the best all-rounders of his era, Cairns played
62 tests, 215 one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches
for New Zealand between 1989-2006 before becoming a television
pundit.
His father Lance also represented New Zealand in cricket.
Cairns has lived in Canberra for several years after his
marriage to Australian Melanie Croser in 2010.
After retiring from international cricket, Cairns was the
subject of allegations of matchfixing in India as captain of the
Chandigarh Lions in the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL) in
2008.
He denied any wrongdoing and fought several legal battles to
clear his name, winning a libel case against former Indian
Premier League chairman Lalit Modi in 2012.
In 2015, he was cleared of perjury in relation to the libel case
after being charged by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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