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“There’s a lot of emotions because it’s been something I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid,” Kidby said. “But mum got taken into hospice again on Monday.”
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 4:04 pm
Shane Kidby (48 years) is attempting to walk
Aotearoa’s entire coastline to raise funds and awareness
for cystic fibrosis and mental health in honour of his late
brother and terminally ill mother.
Cystic
fibrosis and mental health are close to New Plymouth
resident, Shane Kidby’s heart. When he was only nine years
old, Shane lost his little brother, Daniel, to cystic
fibrosis. His mother is currently terminally ill with cancer
and Shane, himself, had a hip replacement a few years ago as
a result of Perthes disease as a child. Shane is all too
familiar with mental health battles experienced as a