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Our dear friend Amber Rose mother of four has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast and lymphatic cancer.

Hawke's Bay

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Our Beautiful friend Amber Rose has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast and lymphatic cancer. She has a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer which means the path to recovery and wellness will take strength and courage to overcome.

As a devoted single mother of three young boys donations will support Amber to feel some reprieve from day to day living costs as she continues to be what her children need whilst gathering strength for the journey ahead.

Amber has accepted her diagnosis with grace and fortitude but a path of surgery and ongoing cancer treatment means her ability to work will be limited for the foreseeable future. We wish for her not to embody any unnecessary financial strain during this time and focus on what's important! With a background in holistic health and herbal medicine she would like to support her body, mind and spirit alongside the trust and faith she is putting in her oncologists. Donations will go towards daily living expenses, holistic health and time to recover. This is a mana wahine who often doesn't like to ask for help, as friends we are calling for wider support with the kaupapa of paying it forward. We thank you for your care and support big or small, it means so much to Amber and her children

“Nau te rourou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te whanau”

“With your food basket, and my food basket

the family will thrive”

Sarah JONES' involvement (page creator)

Amber is a dear friend and mutual twin mother

Use of funds

Daily living expenses, alternative therapies, and time to recover

Kōanga 4 October 2025

Thank you all for your generous koha. It has meant so much to me and to my children over the last few weeks, bringing some ease and comfort to our lives.

I have not been able to work due to the collateral damage caused by the drugs, and my immune compromised being.

I have so much gratitude for all the care, support, prayers, karakia and love we have been shown. There is such beauty and nourishment in human connection, compassion and kindness.

I have completed 4.5 months of chemotherapy now. It has been hard. I have walked hand in hand with my dark friends, Fear, Loneliness, Despair. Panic still hits me in the face from time to time, a feeling of being trapped in a rip. Surrender.

And yet, here is kōanga, and with her she brings Hope, Relief, Warmth. My garden brings me so much joy. The garlic is up, the blossoms on the nashi pear are out, calendula turn their happy faces to the rain.

Ironically, bilateral mastectomy is the next stage in this haerenga back to balance. It is scary. But my body is strong. I am needed. I am loved. Nōku te whiwhi!

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