In December 2020, tanker driver Rod Rutherford was diagnosed with stage four renal clear cell cancer and given just six to nine months to live.
It’s been almost two years since then and the 59-year-old continues to defy the odds, including cycling 3800km from Bluff to Cape Reinga.
The epic five-month-long feat was inspired by a dream where Rod saw himself biking the length of Aotearoa spreading positivity.
“In the dream, I had a message to give people: ‘Life isn’t what you think
