Justine's Grand Tour

Those that know Justine know she is a much-loved 39-year-old mother to six-year-old Madeline, wife to Dominic, daughter, sister, friend and work-mate.

Sadly Justine was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Stage 4 colorectal cancer in March 2020.

Since her diagnosis, and during COVID-19 lockdown and associated level changes, Justine has put her all into her fight against her cancer through New Zealand's publicly-funded options. She's faced a range of surgeries, treatments, and long lonely hospital stays to battle the cancer and its spread. As a reaction to her different treatments, Justine's had to spend a lot of time recovering — with much more time in bed and away from her loved ones than she'd like.

Within the last week Justine and Dominic have had to make a heart-breaking decision to stop Justine's treatments following a prognosis that's sadly confirmed the ongoing and unstoppable spread of her cancer.

Instead, Justine and Dominic want to shift their focus to their family, so that Justine can be as well and comfortable as possible to get out and see as many places and people as she is able to. At the very least Justine would like to head back to Akaroa with Dominic and Madeline.

To help ease their financial situation, we thought sharing Justine's story with her extended family, friend and community network could help.

We want Justine to be supported to travel on a Grand Tour — with any additional funds expected to allow her family to spend as much quality time together as they can.