Sky Tower jump ‘no biggie’ for 90-year-old
Vince Harris celebrated his 90th birthday by leaping off the Sky Tower.
Vince Harris’s relatively quiet life in the Peninsula Club in Whangaparāoa is fitting for a 90-year-old, but every now and then he likes to get the adrenalin pumping.
His most recent daredevil activity was the 192m SkyJump off Auckland’s Sky Tower, which he completed on his 90th birthday last week.
Although he bungee jumped off the Harbour Bridge a couple of years ago, he is especially pleased about his latest jump because he did it as a fundraiser for Starship Hospital.
Government criticised for not targeting funding to Māori with cancer
3 Feb, 2021 10:18 PM
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The late Talei Morrison created the #SmearYourMear campaign. Photo / File
Rotorua Daily Post
The Labour government isn t doing enough to create targeted health funding for Māori, who are twice as likely as non-Māori to die from cancer - according to the Cancer Control Agency - Te Aho o te Kahu s first report.
The report said Māori were 20 per cent more likely to develop cancer, and nearly 3000 Māori are diagnosed with cancer each year.
The brother of the founder of the Māori-led cervical screening movement #SmearYourMea said health funding needed to be directed to more Māori health providers.