Stories

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Harriet and Renee’s story

Posted on Friday, August 5, 2022

  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....

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Julia and Cilla's story

Posted on Monday, July 19, 2021

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...

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Carlene and Olivia's Story

Posted on Friday, March 26, 2021

Carlene says the help she received from Kenzie’s Gift for her daughter Olivia was ‘life changing.’ 

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John's Story

Posted on Monday, August 17, 2020

John Norman’s wife Becky died of metastatic melanoma on the 20th of November 2014 atthe 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 cancer had...

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Rebecca's Story

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Rebecca was just 2 years old when her mum Emma was diagnosed with leukaemia. When she was 7, her mum finally lost her battle with leukaemia. Here 14-year-old Rebecca explains in her own words why she believes Kenzie’s Gift is so vitally important to the lives of children in New...

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Libby's Story

Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2020

After the loss of her daughter Kiriana, Libby Martin sought support from Kenzie’s Gift for her two grieving children, Eli and Josh.

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#DearGrief- Luke and Alex's story

Posted on Sunday, November 12, 2017

  Alex was my sister. She was always the brightest, loudest, most exciting and loving girl. An amazing sister to me. She was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). It's been described as one of the most...

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What losing Kenzie taught me

Posted on Monday, June 19, 2017

12 years on and what losing Kenzie taught me.

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I heard about Kenzie's Gift at a time when I didn't know what to do name

I heard about Kenzie's Gift at a time when I didn't know what to do

Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Gemma talks about how Kenzie's Gift has helped her son Ashton cope with husband Martin's serious illness.   Gemma and Martin's son Ashton was 15 months old in February 2011 when Martin was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Martin had experienced a grand mal seizure and an...

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