Steve Hansen is well-known in New Zealand, and in other rugby playing nations, as an inspirational leader and former coach of the All Blacks. What isn’t as well-known is that he has survived melanoma on three separate occasions.
Recently Deb decided she wanted to do something to honour David’s memory and to support the work of both Melanoma New Zealand and Hospice New Zealand – organisations both close to her heart.
Martin is Auckland-born and bred, and Laura, who was born in Christchurch, moved to Auckland when she was 18 years old. We caught up with Laura while she is juggling her busy career in lockdown, with two young children, four year-old Harley, and Teddy, who is just...
“I never thought I’d be a widow at age 49. David was my soul mate; I think of him every day and his untimely death has left a lasting impact on me, and our two children.
Aucklander and early childhood teacher Sarah Dixon’s world turned upside down when she was diagnosed earlier this year with melanoma. At just 33, married to Leigh, with a 12-year-old son, she didn’t realise what melanoma was, let alone how serious it could be, until...
50-year-old Alexandra resident and local plumber Chris Flannery was diagnosed just before Christmas in 2019 with Stage 4 metastatic melanoma. “I have lived my life outdoors, growing up in a farming community, and playing representative rugby and cricket in my younger...
Diagnosed with melanoma late last year, 59-year-old Wellingtonian, Andrea Savage recalls holidaying in Kerikeri with her family as a teenager, and getting so sunburnt that she could barely walk. “I got terrible blisters from that particular sunburn, and I remember...
74-year-old Delwyn Hardgrave was waiting for her husband David in the foyer of the Logan Campbell retirement village in Auckland’s Greenlane, when she was approached by Melanoma New Zealand Nurse Educator Gill Rolfe. “Gill had seen a mole on the back of my leg from...
Vanessa, Lauren’s mum, shares her perspective on how melanoma has impacted her precious daughter and family. “I’m a nurse, and I knew it was serious the night our neighbour, friend and specialist came around and told us that it was melanoma. I had hoped for the best...