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Join the Breast Cancer Foundation's Pink Walk in Auckland this October and help raise funds for breast cancer education, research and patient support. Click here to learn more and register.

Pre-register online here for this fun event on the Rotorua Lakefront Village Green.

You can also Paint Rotorua Pink this October and raise funds for the Rotorua Breast Cancer Trust. Register at Rotoruabreastcancertrust.co.nz 

Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ are hosting a free Breast Reconstruction Awareness (BRA) evening on Wednesday 18th October 2023, at Rimu Rooms, Novotel Auckland Ellerslie, 72-112 Greenlane East, Ellerslie, Auckland. 
It's a great opportunity to learn more about options for breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery. This event is open to the public, whānau and health professionals.
Please register here.

World Dense Breast Day aims to raise awareness and knowledge of breast density. Click here to learn more about this international effort and to find lots of excellent information on this topic.  As well as masking the presence of tumours on mammograms, high breast density is also a risk factor for getting breast cancer. You can also read more about breast density and the current situation for NZ women on BCAC's website here.

University of Auckland Library, Room B28, Princes St, Ak 1010. Come and hear prominent journalist Guyon Espiner chair a debate among the health gurus of our major political parties on New Zealand’s medicine crisis. Labour, National, the Greens, ACT and NZ First will explain how they plan to fix the crisis. Or are some of them in denial? 

Your presence at this event will show our politicians that voters are deeply concerned that so many of us can't access modern medicines and we demand action! 

To find out more visit https://www.mylifematters.org.nz/ and let the organisers know you're coming on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/272338532394757/ 

If you can't get to the live event, here's the link to the livestream that will also be available to view later htpps://fb.me/e/3RMBkQwq7   

Hatea Room, Whangārei Theatre Company, Riverbank Centre, 71 Reyburn House Lane, Whangārei. Come and hear patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland speak about his personal journey with cancer, what cancers are prevalent in your community and what drugs you are missing out on, the stories of local patients who needed medicines, New Zealand’s medicine crisis and what can be done about it. To find out more visit mylifematters.org.nz/events

C1-17.1, C Block, First Floor, Southern Institute of Technology, Forth and Ythan Streets, Invercargill. Come and hear patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland speak about his personal journey with cancer, what cancers are prevalent in your community and what drugs you are missing out on, the stories of local patients who needed medicines, New Zealand’s medicine crisis and what can be done about it. To find out more visit mylifematters.org.nz/events

Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum, 419 Great King Street, Dunedin North, Dunedin. Come and hear patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland speak about his personal journey with cancer, what cancers are prevalent in your community and what drugs you are missing out on, the stories of local patients who needed medicines, New Zealand’s medicine crisis and what can be done about it. To find out more visit mylifematters.org.nz/events

Cancer Society, 74 Langdon’s Road, Papanui, Christchurch. Come and hear patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland speak about his personal journey with cancer, what cancers are prevalent in your community and what drugs you are missing out on, the stories of local patients who needed medicines, New Zealand’s medicine crisis and what can be done about it. To find out more visit mylifematters.org.nz/events

Westport Bridge Club, 12 A Lyndhurst Street, Westport. Come and hear patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland speak about his personal journey with cancer, what cancers are prevalent in your community and what drugs you are missing out on, the stories of local patients who needed medicines, New Zealand’s medicine crisis and what can be done about it. To find out more visit mylifematters.org.nz/events