Nikki Slade Robinson says it felt good to get back into the bush after her mastectomy and cancer treatment

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April 2020

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In 2019, Nikki Slade Robinson had breast cancer and a mastectomy. She explores the challenges for women returning to tramping after breast cancer surgery and seeks advice from survivors who are back in the outdoors

Boxing Day 2019 was my first day back tramping after a year dominated by breast cancer. My parents and I walked the fern-green Pakihi Track near Opotiki and it was uplifting to again be boiling the billy and cooking damper. It felt so good to be back in the bush. Tramping has always been in […]
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