Nelson teenager Brodie Seelen is no stranger to a challenge.  At 16-years-old he made history as the youngest athlete to compete in the Coast-to-Coast endurance race, only to...

Southland leukaemia survivor Cameron Parkinson was busy planning his 21st birthday party when a shock cancer diagnosis turned his world upside down. “I’d been feeling really...

Defying the odds comes naturally to local Greymouth legend Josh Komen. Having already survived leukaemia – twice – he’s now setting his sights on a new challenge in the hope of...

When Josh Komen gets asked how he is his eyes light up and his smile triples in size. “I’m thriving… because I should be dead, I should be dead more than once and here I am...

It’s a privilege and delight to announce our five Haematology Prize winners for 2021 and 2022. Part of the mission of the Bone Marrow Cancer Research Trust is to support the...

More than a decade since his diagnosis, two-time leukaemia survivor Josh Komen is pledging to ‘give back’ to those who were there for him during his darkest days.  The former...

Edith Molyneux is more than a housekeeper at Ranui House. She is Ranui’s very own Christmas angel. For more than 14 years, Edith has been looking after the 26-apartments at Ranui...

Two Christchurch volunteers have been gifted a new title to recognise a lifetime of dedicated service, which has seen thousands of Kiwis provided a home-away-from-home when...

On a Friday night in March 2022, Melise Tilley was told she had leukaemia. Four days later she was on a plane leaving her home in Golden Bay for Christchurch Hospital. “I went to...

Amidst a daunting and huge life-changing transplant surgery, two brothers and their partners have found solace in staying at Ranui House. Waimate’s Kelvin Sadler underwent a...

My husband Max was diagnosed with an extremely rare auto immune disease and was told his chances of survival were slim.

At 23, Josh Komen from Greymouth was diagnosed with cancer and had a Bone Marrow Transplant

Liam Seelen did not hesitate to offer a piece of himself to save his big brother’s life.

Our son, Benji Knight was diagnosed with a rare osteo sarcoma on his lower right femur.

My diagnosis came as a bombshell – Stage 4 Brain Cancer.

The ‘safe haven’ provided by the Ranui team gave our family the stability and security we needed.

Ranui House gave us valuable respite time to recover from the horror of his accident.

Through the turmoil and devastation, Ranui was a light in the midst of a very dark tunnel.

We have been staying at Ranui House regularly for my treatment of Multiple Myeloma.