Advocates push for HPV self-testing start after Kiri Allan cancer diagnosis

Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has stage 3 cervical cancer.
Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas
The 37-year-old Minister of Conservation and Emergency Management has stage 3 cervical cancer, and admitted in a Facebook post she delayed getting checked out because she wasn't comfortable with the invasive test.
She got a smear test over three years ago, in response to the Smear Your Mea campaign, started by Talei Morrison to encourage wahine Māori to get checked.
Morrison's own cancer diagnosis gave her the impetus to launch the campaign, however she lost her battle with the disease in 2018.
Her brother Eruera Keepa, who's carrying on his late sister's legacy, was deeply saddened to hear about Kiri Allan.

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