Help Verron Care for Melissa & Grayson During an Unimaginable Time

Melissa is facing incurable metastatic breast cancer that has spread throughout her bones.

At the same time, her 10-year-old son Grayson is living with an incurable, progressive kidney disease, alongside cerebral palsy, autism and complex medical needs. He is non-verbal, requires constant care, and faces frequent hospital stays due to complications with his condition and the medications he relies on.

This family is facing more than most could ever imagine — a whānau under immense and ongoing pressure.

Verron is doing everything he can to hold his family together.

He is currently working seven days a week, waking at 4am each morning to get enough hours in before returning home to care for Melissa and Grayson. Sleep is limited, the emotional toll is heavy, and the physical demands are constant — but he continues to show up for his family every single day.

Behind the scenes, their lives are filled with hospital visits, treatments, and the reality of living with serious, life-limiting conditions.

Verron and Melissa are incredibly humble people and would never ask for help themselves — which is why we are asking on their behalf.

No family should have to face this alone.

Every donation, no matter the size, and every share of this page helps carry some of the weight this family is currently bearing.

If you are able to help, thank you. If you can share their story, it means just as much.

Together, we can surround this whānau with the support, care, and aroha they need during this time.