Woman's Day Magazine NZ

‘I THOUGHT THE NIGHTMARE WOULD NEVER END’

‘I’ve won this battle because I’m still here’

I held a Pink Ribbon Breakfast at my whare in May last year to highlight the importance of checking for breast lumps in both men and women. I wanted to make a difference! Little did I know, five months later, it would be me sitting in a doctor’s chair being told I had breast cancer.

Cancer was something I never thought would enter my wha-nau, but at the age of 33, with two young children, I found a lump

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