New Zealand has a new Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Strategy aimed at tackling the significant, yet preventable, skin cancer crisis we’re facing.
“I try not to get too far ahead of myself ever throughout this whole process. I’m trying to just get out of bed, deal with the day, feed the kids, give them a hug, tell them I love them, get them to bed, wake up and start again.”
Sam Gattsche, a young Palmerston North builder, passed away from melanoma in September 2023 at just 28 years of age. He’d noticed a mole on his back in 2022 and despite Sam trusting his gut and persisting to get it checked, tragically it was later confirmed as melanoma, and went on to claim his life, far too early.
