MyLifeMatters Debate
Moderated by Guyon Espiner hear what the five political parties had to say. Please be patient with the live stream after the first minute of introductions it rotates.
Dr Ayesha Verrall, Labour Party
Dr Shane Reti, National Party
Jenny Marcroft, NZ First
Todd Stephenson, ACT Party
Ricardo Menéndez March, Green Party
They owe their lives to healthcare. What four patient voters want this election.
As politicians dish out promises, The Post asked four people who would not be alive without healthcare what’s on their wishlist this election.
Rotorua man with stage-four bowel cancer in remission after taking Keytruda
Doctors told Rotorua man Matthew Keogan to “let nature take its course” and then say goodbye to his family.
Two days later on November 1, 2021, he was writing his will at his hospital bedside with lawyers.
He had been given three to six months to live.
Campaign calls for better access to unfunded medications to solve crisis.
A patient advocate says New Zealanders’ ability to access life-extending medications is in crisis and the model needs more Government funding.
Lack of funding for cancer medicines forcing Whanganui patients to move to Australia
A lack of funding for cancer medicines is forcing patients to move to Australia for treatment, patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland says.
The My Life Matters national roadshow visited Whanganui on September 5 to raise awareness about underfunded cancer medicines.
Health campaigner brings medicine access roadshow to New Plymouth
A campaigner for greater access to cancer medicines within the New Zealand health system is bringing his roadshow to Taranaki.
My Life Matters will be in New Plymouth on Wednesday, September 6, at the Taranaki Cathedral from 7pm to 8pm.
Patient advocate campaigners call for better access to new medicines
The MyLifeMatters campaign says New Zealanders' ability to get new and breakthrough medicines lags behind other OECD countries.
The collective represents more than one million patients with cancers, rare disorders, diabetes, and other life-limiting conditions.
Patient organisations declare medicines crisis in New Zealand
Patient organisations declare medicines crisis in New Zealand.
Kiwis are 'one diagnosis away from moving to Australia', cancer survivor warns
A campaigner who lost his wife to cancer, and had a close call himself, is calling upon electioneering politicians to address a healthcare funding model in “crisis”.
Malcolm Mulholland’s wife Wiki lost her three-and-a-half year battle with breast cancer. Less than a year after her death, Mulholland was diagnosed with prostate cancer.