Bethany ReitsmaSenior Lifestyle Writer·NZ Herald·21 Aug, 2026 10:00 PM5 mins to read‌Debra Leutenegger is the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ's community breast health educator. Video / Cameron PitneyAn Auckland woman who has spent months campaigning for cancer drug funding says the Petitions Select Committee’s response to her petition is “disgraceful”.

In October last year, Catherine Cooke made an oral submission to the committee on her petition to fund the immunotherapy drug Keytruda for early-stage, triple-negative breast cancer