Labour MP and Minister for Emergency Management Kiri Allan has revealed her latest scan shows no sign of the disease.
Allan shared the huge milestone t
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Kiri Allan shares update as she undergoes chemotherapy treatment for stage 3 cervical cancer
Publish Date Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 11:32AM
Labour MP and Minister for Emergency Management Kiri Allan has entered week two of treatment following her diagnosis with stage 3 cervical cancer earlier in the month.
In a video update posted online yesterday, there were plenty of smiles, laughs and waiata as Allan received chemotherapy.
When she shared the news of her diagnosis, Allan said people s first question often was: Is there anything I can do? My answer now is yes. Please, please, please - encourage your sisters, your mothers, your daughters, your friends - please #SmearYourMea - it may save your life - and we need you right here.
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Emergency Management Minister Kiri Allan diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer
Publish Date Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 11:43AM
Labour MP and Minister for Emergency Management Kiri Allan has revealed she has been diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. So now the fight of my life begins, she said in a Facebook post this morning. To be honest, I m one of those gals that hates anything to do with down there . And have taken a see no evil, hear no evil type approach to that part of my body.
She said her last smear test was when cervical cancer campaigner Talei Morrison, just prior to death, rallied her whānau, her friends, the kapa haka community and ultimately NZ to campaign for women - and particularly Māori women - to get their smear tests done regularly.