Ride for the Gut Cancer Foundation

Written By Kim Manunui

Ride Lake Taupō and make a difference to kiwis with gut cancer. Last year, Sirpa and her husband David took part in Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge, raising over $4,500 for kiwis with gut cancer in memory of their son Sean who passed away at 31 from Cholangiocarcinoma – a rare cancer which affects the bile ducts. The Gut Cancer Foundation is so grateful to Sirpa, David and those who rode for the Gut Cancer Foundation in 2022 who raised over $16,000 for research and awareness to change outcomes for kiwis with gut cancers.

Over 6000 New Zealanders are diagnosed with a gut cancer every year. Gut cancers include oesophageal, stomach, liver, pancreatic, gallbladder, bile duct and bowel cancer. Sadly, the survival rates for this group of cancers are particularly low with over 50% of those diagnosed not surviving beyond 5 years.

To improve these outcomes, the Gut Cancer Foundation, with the support of events like Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge, fund research into ways to better detect, diagnose, and treat these cancers. We also providing awareness and education into symptoms to promote earlier detection and ways we can all reduce our risk.

For more information on what the Gut Cancer Foundation does, including the research we fund, symptoms and risks of gut cancers and personal stories of those affected by the cancers, go to www.gutcancer.org.nz

To ride for the Gut Cancer Foundation, register and set up your fundraising page here:

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

The digital world is never static and neither are we.

And I say ‘we’ because I work with an awesome group of talented people who I gather together as required to complete a project.  Whatever your business, not-for-profit or individual needs are we gather the best team to get the job done.

Collaboratively we are creative, share sustainable values and work hard for great outcomes because that’s the buzz of satisfaction that drives us.

If you have an audience and market to reach, we can make that happen. Creative design, words that work and smart behind the scenes stuff that cuts through the online noise. We’ll design your website and then build it. We’ll manage the content as well as all your hosting needs. We can handle your online advertising so you get noticed,
and we’ll manage your social media presence so you get the clicks, likes and engagement to grow your business. All within the budget you set, because none of this needs to cost the earth.  And the job doesn’t stop when your website goes live. We are your virtual business partner.

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