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Ryman family raises $422,000 for Prostate Cancer NZ
On 21 October 2022, Ryman Healthcare donated a game-changing $422,000 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ, official charity partner 2021-2022 (alongside the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia). The Foundation is staggered by the funds raised and can’t thank everyone enough. CEO Peter Dickens and Board Member John McFedries visited the Diana Isaac Retirement Village in…
Strong demand for prostate cancer counselling service: supporting men at risk of mental distress
News Release 30 September 2022 Strong demand for prostate cancer counselling service: supporting men at increased risk of mental distress As Mental Health Awareness Week and Blue September draw to a close, Peter Dickens, CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation is keen to make sure New Zealand men living with prostate cancer, and at risk…
Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines
News Release 24 September 2022 Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines We’ve all seen the headlines – every week someone is calling on Pharmac and the Government to increase funding and provide access to life saving cancer drugs. But rather than prioritise medicines that are clinically proven and…
An impossible choice between life and death: To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment
News Release 24 September 2022 An impossible choice between life and death. To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment? Paul Cherry has lived in both Mount Maunganui and in Asia as an operations manager in the Kiwifruit industry, spending 12 years in Japan and a further five years in China training operations staff…
Farmers stores are ‘Doing Something Blue’ to support Blue September
News Release: 15 September 2022 Every year in New Zealand more than 700 Kiwi men die from prostate cancer. That’s 58 dads, sons, brothers, and grandads dying each month. ‘Blue September’ is the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand’s (PCFNZ) primary fundraising campaign with every cent raised during the month used to help improve the…
Ryman family raises $422,000 for Prostate Cancer NZ
On 21 October 2022, Ryman Healthcare donated a game-changing $422,000 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ, official charity partner 2021-2022 (alongside the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia). The Foundation is staggered by the funds raised and can’t thank everyone enough. CEO Peter Dickens and Board Member John McFedries visited the Diana Isaac Retirement Village in…
Strong demand for prostate cancer counselling service: supporting men at risk of mental distress
News Release 30 September 2022 Strong demand for prostate cancer counselling service: supporting men at increased risk of mental distress As Mental Health Awareness Week and Blue September draw to a close, Peter Dickens, CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation is keen to make sure New Zealand men living with prostate cancer, and at risk…
Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines
News Release 24 September 2022 Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines We’ve all seen the headlines – every week someone is calling on Pharmac and the Government to increase funding and provide access to life saving cancer drugs. But rather than prioritise medicines that are clinically proven and…
An impossible choice between life and death: To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment
News Release 24 September 2022 An impossible choice between life and death. To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment? Paul Cherry has lived in both Mount Maunganui and in Asia as an operations manager in the Kiwifruit industry, spending 12 years in Japan and a further five years in China training operations staff…
Farmers stores are ‘Doing Something Blue’ to support Blue September
News Release: 15 September 2022 Every year in New Zealand more than 700 Kiwi men die from prostate cancer. That’s 58 dads, sons, brothers, and grandads dying each month. ‘Blue September’ is the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand’s (PCFNZ) primary fundraising campaign with every cent raised during the month used to help improve the…