A petition with 7000 signatures is about to be presented at Parliament, calling for improvements in outcomes for ovarian cancer.
One New Zealand woman dies of ovarian cancer every 48 hours.
Parliament's steps have been covered in 182 white crosses to represent those lives lost to the cancer in the past year.
There to present the petition is survivor Jane Ludemann, who is also the founder of the advocacy group Cure Our Ovarian Cancer.
She spoke to Māni Dunlop.
