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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