
Catherine Cooke
Catherine Cooke is a business adviser from Auckland, New Zealand, who is currently making headlines for selling her family home to fund her breast cancer treatment, which is costing her approximately $85,000. Despite her contributions to community fundraising efforts, she faces the difficult decision of sacrificing her home of 20 years to afford the life-saving drug Keytruda. Cooke is advocating for better funding for early-stage breast cancer treatments in New Zealand, emphasizing the emotional and financial toll that cancer patients endure.
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Catherine Cooke is advocating for funding of immunotherapy for early-stage breast cancer.
Our Heroes: Herald’s top NZers of 2025 in news, sport, business and entertainmentCatherine Cooke is selling her home to pay for unfunded breast cancer treatment costing $85k.
Auckland woman in her 50s selling her home to pay for unfunded breast cancer treatment costing $85k












