We are delighted to welcome Nurse Educator Sue Bibby to the Melanoma New Zealand team. Some of you may be familiar with Sue after she spent some of 2022 working our events around the country, providing free spot checks and education. After qualifying as a registered...
Our first issue of Spot News for 2023.
Our Melanoma Nurse Educator Sue Bibby and Wellington-based GP and Melanoma New Zealand trustee Dr Sonja Bodley speak to Stuff about why Melanoma New Zealand is a worthy cause for participants of this year's Southern Cross Round the Bays to support. Read more here -...
Our Wellington-based Trustee, Dr Sonja Bodley, gave a very informative interview on RadioActive.FM yesterday to dispel some of the myths about sunscreen and explain why it is necessary to protect yourself from the sun throughout the year, despite the conditions. Have...
Ben McGaffney, had to move to Australia to receive funded treatment for stage 3 melanoma that is not funded in New Zealand. Inequitable access to drugs is contributing to hundreds of New Zealanders dying from melanoma each year, and Ben’s story brings home the reason why Melanoma New Zealand continues to lobby for earlier funding and improved patient access to these often lifesaving or life-extending treatments.
Some useful skin check tools that we are promoting Skin self-exam video Use our Get To Know The Skin You're In - A Guide to Self Skin Checks video to help with your regular skin checks Digital assistant A voice-activated digital assistant ‘Skin Check’ app – Available...
Auckland pharmacist and mother of two Nichola Murray discovered a small pinhead-sized nodule on her shin in 2021 and believes she had waited any longer to get it checked out, her prognosis could have been very different.
42-year-old Victoria Hudson-Craig shares the inspirational and moving story of her fight against metastatic melanoma to encourage others to make sure they get any changes to their skin checked out.