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Honey’s heart break ‘MY WIFE IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE’

Almost three years ago, former Kiwi Ferns captain Honey Hireme-Smiler tied the knot with her love Rochelle Smiler in an intimate wedding ceremony in the Waikato, opening an exciting new life chapter together.

Tragically, though, last December, the inseparable pair received some heartbreaking news. After visiting her GP for an unexplained itch, youth mentor Rochelle learnt she has bile duct cancer. And, even worse, the longterm couple were told it’s terminal.

It was a devastating blow for Sky Sport commentator Honey, whose mother Caryn Hunter passed away from stomach cancer at age 62 shortly after the nuptials, which were held specially in Waikato Hospital’s chapel so she could attend.

“This is like what

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