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Incredible people going the distance
10 kms
Completed across Aotearoa
$531
Raised for better cancer treatments
This April challenge yourself to go the distance, so others don't have to.
CAR T-cell therapy is transforming cancer treatment around the world, but in New Zealand it remains out of reach for most people due to cost and accessibility.
Right now, New Zealanders with aggressive blood cancers have to travel thousands of kilometres overseas for a chance at life-changing CAR T-cell therapy, that is if they have the means to and are well enough to travel. Many can’t. Some miss out entirely.
This April, we’re asking people across New Zealand to take on a distance challenge of their own – walking, running, cycling, swimming or moving however they choose – to help bring CAR T-cell therapy closer to home.
The goal is simple: choose your distance, move during April and fundraise as you go.
Every kilometre completed and every dollar raised will help fund the Malaghan Institute’s ENABLE-2 trial – a critical step towards making CAR T-cell therapy available through New Zealand’s public health system.
How to go the distance!
Sign up and set your distance
Register for free and set a distance goal that works for you - walk, run, ride, swim or move your way throughout April.
Personalise your page, share why you’re going the distance, and invite friends, whānau and colleagues to support your challenge.
Go the Distance!
Log your kilometres throughout April and help bring CAR T-cell therapy closer to home.
Because treatment shouldn't require a passport
Too many New Zealanders must travel overseas for CAR T-cell therapy – at immense personal, emotional and financial cost.
Because research unlocks access
Funds raised help complete the ENABLE-2 trial – a crucial step towards making CAR T-cell therapy available in New Zealand.
Because distance becomes momentum
Every kilometre and every dollar will help bring this life-changing treatment closer to home and the people we love.
Ready to go the distance?
Why we go the distance.
Seven years ago, my husband Kurt died of blood cancer. When he was diagnosed, we had a four-month-old daughter. Less than a year later, he was gone. When chemotherapy failed, we were told there were no other treatment options left.
At the time, CAR-T immunotherapy wasn’t available in New Zealand. We worked tirelessly to get Kurt to Boston to take part in a CAR-T trial, at enormous personal and financial cost, and far from the comfort of home and family during his final months. It was an incredibly challenging experience, on top of what was already a living nightmare.
Since then, CAR-T treatment has come an incredibly long way, and I’ve seen firsthand how powerful it can be. Every day, seven New Zealanders are diagnosed with blood cancer, and it shakes lives to the core.
I'm honoured to be a part of the Go-The-Distance campaign, fundraising to help bring CAR-T therapy to hospitals across New Zealand. I'm going the distance, so that you and your favourite humans won't have to.
Ready to go the distance?
Be Rewarded
Thanks to our generous partners and sponsors - Chubb Life New Zealand and Les Mills NZ - your fundraising milestones will unlock digital badges, exclusive merch and prize draw entries.
While the cause is powerful on its own, a little extra motivation never hurts.
Meet our Go the Distance Ambassadors
Janelle Brunton-Rennie
"Seven years ago, my husband Kurt died of blood cancer. When he was diagnosed, we had a four-month-old daughter. Less than a year later, he was gone. When chemotherapy failed, we were told there were no other treatment options left. I'm honoured to be a part of the Go the Distance campaign, fundraising to help bring CAR-T therapy to hospitals across New Zealand. I'm going the distance, so that you and your favourite humans won't have to."
David Downs
"I am taking on this fitness challenge for a simple reason. I know what it means to go the distance for cancer treatment. I made 12 trips to Boston for CAR T-cell therapy because New Zealand did not have the capability at the time. Together we can help bring this treatment home and spare future patients the exhaustion, cost, and disruption of leaving their lives behind during an already critical time."
Sir Ashley Bloomfield
