26 Sep 2025

'Liar of the worst kind' - Patient advocate says Luxon's failed cancer patients

From Checkpoint, 5:26 pm on 26 September 2025

The Prime Minister has said he is "delivering" on National's election promise not to forget blood cancer patients despite some telling Checkpoint they feel forgotten. Checkpoint has spoken to a number of blood cancer patients who've had to set up donation pages or raid their Kiwisaver to get the potentially life prolonging unfunded Daratumumab or, dara, which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars or even move to Australia to get the drug. Malcolm Mulholland from Patient Voice Aotearoa.