New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Time Out from cancer HOW RONDA’S GIVING BACH

Digging pools at Hot Water Beach, playing board games and enjoying barbecues might be a typical Kiwi bach holiday, but for Ronda Amende a family escape to the Coromandel proved a powerfully pivotal point after being given one year to live following a cancer diagnosis.

While the purpose of the trip was to create special memories and tackle difficult discussions, it ultimately rejuvenated the crucial bonds which would power Ronda and her loved ones through a seven-year illness, which has tested their strength, caused upheaval in their lives and taken a mental toll which plunged one

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