I remember one Christmas Eve when I asked Mum if I could unwrap a present. She said “you can unwrap those vegetables” and gave me a peeler.
I found out the truth about Santa Claus when I compared my Mum’s handwriting to Santa’s on the present labels. I think I was 7.
How did you find out the truth about Santa Claus and how old were you?
I said she’s allowed to cry, and she’s allowed to be sad and angry. I said this is different for everyone that she can deal with this in anyway she likes. But she won’t deal with it alone.
My Māmā is getting a mastectomy on Monday. She’s been going through all the emotions in the lead up to surgery. She told me she cried to herself in the shower and looked down, saying “Thank you for feeding my babies” and “I’m going to miss you”. She grieves for a part of herself she will lose.
"We sought a direct doctor-to-doctor response, and instead we got, 'Speak to my underling', and that that doesn't sit well with us," Dr Payinda said. "We expected a lot more. And it's even worse, when Shane is a Northland doctor, a Māori doctor, and the health minister."
They feel they have been fobbed off after a letter to the Health Minister highlighting their concerns about plans to repeal smokefree legislation was passed on to an associate minister instead.
A chilling article from Gordon Campbell. about the next steps in suppressing wages and punishing beneficiaries. #nzpolwerewolf.co.nz/2023/12/gord...
Cancer can happen to anyone. Māori women are 21 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, 30 per cent less likely to be diagnosed early and 72 per cent more likely to die from breast cancer than non-Māori. So please, get checked.
My brave and beautiful Māmā has been diagnosed with pre-cancer/DCIS and has to undergo surgery for a full mastectomy next week before it becomes invasive. Mum obviously has mixed feelings, the relief of catching it early and coming to terms with what the surgery will do to her body.