Melissa Vining
Long wait times for hospitals in Southland
Cancer care advocate Melissa Vining speaks out over continuing delays for services in Southland and reveals the disease is affecting her family again. Audio
"First happy news in six years" - Cancer campaigner
Melissa Vining, a well-known cancer treatment campaigner is celebrating the government's drug funding announcement as "the first happy news in six years" - but warns New Zealand still lags well behind… Audio
Southland Charity Hospital coming together brick by brick
It's been all go at the new Southland Charity Hospital this week with around 14 thousand charity bricks being laid at the Invercargill site. The bricks, with personalised messages, have been one of… Audio
Cancer patients wanting answers in the far south
Cancer patients in the far south are questioning why they're being told they'll need to wait 12 weeks to be seen, when the target is a month.
The Director for Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury, Dan… Audio
Blair Vining's widow responds to plan to fix surgery waitlists
Southland man Blair Vining was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in 2018 and given just weeks to live.
He sought treatment privately after being told there would be an eight to ten week wait… Video, Audio
Southland Charity Hospital makes progress with consent
The Southland Charity Hospital is another step closer to reality with the issuing of building consent to get construction under way.
Consent was approved yesterday, just in time to mark late cancer… Audio
Building consent arrives for Southland Charity Hospital
Thursday is a red-letter day for cancer care in Southland.
Building consent for the new Southland Charity Hospital has arrived - on the day that would have been the 41st birthday of a high-profile… Audio
The Panel with Pax Assadi and Julia Hartley Moore (Part 2)
NZ Herald columnist Sasha Borissenko recently penned an opinion piece on buying an apartment and surviving to tell the tale. Why are there so many hoops to jump through when buying property?; Melissa… Audio
Breakthrough in Southland Charity Hospital plans
The construction of a new charity hospital in Invercargill took a massive step forward yesterday, with the first sledgehammer blows to the suburban pub it will replace. Audio
Southland tavern set to become a hospital
On Friday, the Southland charity hospital Melissa Vining has been helping to create came one step closer after The Clifton Club Inn was handed over so it can be transformed into the facility. Melissa… Audio
Anonymous doners gift large donation for Southland hospital
The Southland Charity Hospital trust has received a sizeable donation from a local couple. Posted on Facebook yesterday the 'Blair Vining's epic journey' page displayed a cheque for 100-thousand… Audio
Southland pub is transforming into a charity hospital
A Southland pub will be transformed into a charity hospital fulfilling the dream of patient advocate Blair Vining, who died last year from bowel cancer after being told to wait eight weeks for an… Audio
Terminal Southland man's wife thinks charity hospital viable
The wife of a terminally-ill Southland man says she feels very confident that a charity hospital in the region will be a reality after last night's meeting. Melissa Vining and her husband, Blair, have… Audio
Southland Charitable hospital campaign launch
Melissa and Blair Vining are campaigning for a charitable hospital to be set up in Invercargill. Melissa explains what they hope to achieve at their initial meeting tonight. Audio
Blair Vining's cancer petition has more than 140,000 signatures
More than 140,000 New Zealanders have signed a petition calling for a National Cancer agency in what has become the country's biggest Cancer petition to date. Last week you might remember we spoke to… Audio
