This week a group of healthworkers - including specialists, nurses and paramedics signed an open letter to MPs asking them to waive private healthcare during their time in office.
It's an idea, that Mihingarangi Forbes put to former Black Fern Cheryl Waaka - who helped bring home two world cups.
At just 55, Cheryl is facing a stage four bowel cancer diagnosis.
She's too young to have been screened, and the drug she needs is not funded - she's got to find thirty thousand dollars by August.
Photo: Mata with Mihingarangi Forbes
