Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
News & updates
Our latest news, press releases, blog posts, Pink Ribbon Bulletins & Pink Ribbon Press.
Press release
21 September 2017
BCFNZ Research Round-Up: Hope for the future
Better together: how you’re helping us fund better, faster (and maybe even cheaper) breast cancer research.
Press release
21 September 2017
Pink Caravan's regional focus
This year, our focus with the Pink Caravan is to work more intensively with regions in an effort to increase the screening uptake and general breast health knowledge across the country.
Press release
21 September 2017
Webinars hit all the right notes
How do you ‘reignite the passion’ after diagnosis and treatment?
Press release
21 September 2017
New nurse educator a wise addition
Vivienne Maidens has joined Breast Cancer Foundation NZ as a breast nurse educator, bringing with her a wealth of international experience. Patients who phone our hotline or have joined our on-line patient community “mybc” are already benefitting from Vivienne’s broad knowledge and deep compassion.
Press release
21 September 2017
Innovative pilot helps breast cancer patients keep their hair
Hair loss during chemotherapy can be devastating for breast cancer patients, adding trauma during an already stressful time. But, thanks to your generous donations, many breast cancer patients will emerge from chemotherapy with little or no hair loss over the next few months.
Press release
19 September 2017
Be a STAR and walk for Breast Cancer
Pink Star Walkers are getting ready to line the streets pink for breast cancer at the 2017 Breast Cancer Foundation NZ Pink Star Walks in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Press release
11 August 2017
Your Community Needs You: Be The Difference
Our annual Pink Ribbon Street Appeal is fast-approaching, but there are still areas around New Zealand that need Area Coordinators.
Press release
11 August 2017
A simpler way to check for the spread of breast cancer
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ is funding a pilot – a joint venture between surgeons at Nelson and Auckland Hospitals – of an easier way to find cancer in the lymph nodes.
Press release
28 June 2017
New #Lumpday promotion urges once-weekly awareness
Kiwis are being encouraged to ‘Make Every Wednesday #Lumpday’ in a new initiative from Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ).
Press release
12 June 2017
Women over 70 one step closer to free mammograms
The Health Select Committee’s recommendation that the Government investigate extending New Zealand’s free national breast screening programme to women aged between 70 and 74 brings access to life-saving mammograms one step closer for our older women, says Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, whose petition for change attracted 10,000 signatures last year.
Press release
01 May 2017
Breast awareness at the greatest show on earth
BCFNZ is proud to be the official charity of the NZ Flower & Garden Show with this year's spectacle promising more floral flair and horticultural highlights than ever before!.
Press release
27 April 2017
NZ House & Gardens Tour all wrapped up
We were delighted to again be involved in the NZ House & Gardens Tour this year.
Press release
06 April 2017
Heavens rain on pink parade
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s Pink Caravan was due to visit Levin, Palmerston North and Wanganui this week but the near biblical rains of Cyclone Debbie have forced Dianne Swann, Pink Caravan Project Coordinator, to call off the visits.
Press release
21 March 2017
Five-year research partnership targets breast cancer vaccine
Imagine if no one died from breast cancer…if we stopped it in its tracks, so it couldn’t spread and kill.
Press release
16 December 2016
Newbie and “old hand” share $160K breast cancer research payday
Two breast cancer researchers – one at the top of her field and the other a promising newbie – have been awarded 2017 fellowships by the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation. The fellowships are worth $80,000 each.
Press release
16 November 2016
Farmers customers raised an amazing total during Breast Cancer Awareness month
Farmers customers exceeded all expectations this October, raising a massive $291,000, a further increase on last year’s huge effort.
Press release
15 August 2016
Be a STAR and walk for Breast Cancer
Pink Star Walkers are getting ready to line the streets pink for breast cancer at the 2016 NZ Breast Cancer Foundation Pink Star Walks in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Press release
08 August 2016
Winning breast cancer studies bring personalised approach to treatment
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation has announced the results of its Innovation and Impact in Breast Cancer funding round, with four winning studies to receive a total of $340,000. The NZBCF believes the winning studies could make a real difference for Kiwi women in the short to medium term, as well as making progress towards its long-term vision of “Zero deaths from breast cancer”.
Press release
04 August 2016
Six new machines for early detection of lymphoedema
The NZBCF is pleased to announce that, during August, we are donating 6 L-Dex bio-impedance machines to hospitals all over New Zealand.
Press release
21 July 2016
New Zealand’s Pink Lady Apples give Kiwis the chance to ‘take a bite for breast cancer’
Kiwis get the opportunity to ‘take a bite for breast cancer’ as the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation announces its new partnership with Pink Lady Apples New Zealand.
Press release
20 July 2016
NZBCF hosts special event for patients at visiting breast cancer medical conference
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation hosted a special information day, designed for breast cancer patients, as part of the 2nd Australasian Congress - Advances and Controversies in Breast Cancer (ABC2) on Sunday 10 July 2016 at the Langham Hotel Auckland.
Press release
08 July 2016
International breast cancer experts in Auckland at special event for patients
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) is hosting 200 New Zealanders who are affected by breast cancer at a special information day titled ‘Advances & Controversies in Breast Cancer: Consumer/Patient Day’ on Sunday 10th July at the Langham Hotel, Auckland.
Press release
27 June 2016
$300,000 awarded to researchers investigating breast cancer patient data
Two new investigative breast cancer research projects, using 15 year-rich data from the New Zealand Breast Cancer Register, have been awarded a total of over $300,000 with funding provided by a joint partnership between The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) and the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC).
Press release
23 May 2016
Promising young scientists awarded $160,000 to fund innovative projects in breast cancer research
Two exceptional breast cancer research projects have been given the green light thanks to the provision of research grants from the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF).