On Sunday 8 May Ōraka Aparima Rūnaka hosted a Pink Ribbon Breakfast at Takutai o Te Tītī Marae. Thank you to everyone who attended, prepared breakfast, and helped in all ways possible. We were very happy with our day, and appreciate whānau who joined us and gave a little towards this very worthwhile cause.
Our guest of honor for the day was no other than one of our kāhui kaumātua, Shona Fordyce. Shona was presented with a small token of our whakamiha and aroha. She took the time to share some interesting advice and information with us all, asking us to be vigilant with our checking and to remember that tāne also need to check for breast cancer. Don’t shy away from this whānau.
Checking is as easy as TLC, half of all breast cancers are found because we notice a change and show our doctor. Eight wahine are diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand every day. Most have no close whānau history of the disease. Be vigilant whānau – check for mate utaetae.
Shona Fordyce.