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Stories
Julia and Cilla's story
After the loss of her husband Malcolm to cancer, Julia Black received support from Kenzie’s Gift for her five-year-old daughter Cilla. “Everyone has an opinion about how to give birth to your kids, raise them, and how to best support them during a time of grief and bereavement.
Stories
John's story
John Norman’s wife Becky died of metastatic melanoma on the 20th of November 2014 at the age of 41, just three years after surgery to remove the cancer from her back. Lymph nodes taken at the time showed no evidence of disease and yet when diagnosed with advanced melanoma, the mate pukupuku / cancer had progressed throughout her body.
Stories
Harriet and Renee's story
Kenzie’s Gift helped Harriet Lefau’s daughter Renee cope with the traumatic aftermath of intensive mate pukupuku / cancer treatments. “My daughter’s cancer treatment had created a gap that separated her from the rest of our family."
Stories
Grant and Rebecca's story
"At a time when your life is turned on its end when you have so many doubts, worries, and financial pressures, an organisation comes along and says, "We'll take care of this support and nurturing for your child." How do you express how grateful you are?"
Stories
Gemma and Ashton's story
Gemma talks about how Kenzie's Gift has helped her son Ashton cope with husband Martin's serious illness.
Stories
Emma and Becca's story
Auckland woman Emma was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia four years ago. She and her husband and daughter Rebecca were living in Australia and Emma was hospitalised for almost four months as she underwent continued treatments for her cancer. Becca was almost three at the time.
Stories
Carlene and Olivia's story
Carlene says the help she received from Kenzie’s Gift for her daughter Olivia was ‘life changing.’
Serious illness
Your child’s education during serious illness
A serious illness can mean long absences from school – here are some ways to keep up with your child’s education during treatment and how to manage their return.
Serious illness
Talking to children and young people about terminal illness
If you, or someone close to you and your tamariki / children or taitamaiti / child, have mate pukupuku / cancer or other serious illness, that has come back, spread or is terminal, you might be wondering how to talk to your tamariki / taitamaiti about it. Start here.
