10 hours Ago By Sophie Neville
After her gruelling fight with breast cancer , the Green Party co-leader reveals how she was “forced” into having the mammogram that saved her life. This time last year, Marama Davidson had no idea her world was about to be turned upside down. As co-leader of the Green Party, there was work to be done, and she certainly didn’t have time to be sick.
Yet in May 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer , which sparked the most difficult period of her life. “Nothing could have prepared me for cancer treatment,” she tells Woman’s Day . “I’d been a politician for a long time and I’d been an activist for even longer, so I knew what it was like to face massive challenges.
“I’d had adversity, moments of terror and deep traumatic crises at work. But none of that challenged my mental health like the sickness from cancer treatments. For a while, I just couldn’t see the light and I didn’t feel like I was going to be well ever again.
” Thankfully, a year on, it’s a different story. Marama, 51, is happy and healthy as she welcomes us into the South Auckland home she shares with her husband Paul, 52, who works for a charity, and their three youngest children, aged 19 to 16..
