Thirty-two-year-old Rikki Tako had been diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain stem tumour.
They won't have to travel for hours to Hastings Hospital.
Shane Callaghan compares going out in the sun without sunscreen to driving without a seatbelt.
"The amount of blood in the toilet was that of a crime scene."
"Nearly every single time I went out drinking, I was hospitalised the next day."
Brittany Kremers hopes for a prosthetic but ACC has declined to fund her post-surgery treatment.
'Let's just take it out,' I thought. If only life was that simple.
Nyree Smith was given just nine months to live. That was six years ago and the weight of it hangs over her every day.
The man suffered a fatal cardiac event hours after leaving the clinic.