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New Zealander Blair Vining achieves a key goal - presenting his petition for a national cancer agency to Parliament. The petition was signed by more than 140,000 people and the agency has subsequently been established.

A long-awaited and much-campaigned-for national cancer action plan is set to soon be released for public consultation. The plan, which was committed to by Health Minister David Clark during the Cancer Care at a Crossroads Conference in January, aims to address disparities in Kiwis current access to fair and consistent cancer treatment around the country.