Kiwi teen Portia Swan – the youngest New Zealander to have a tumour cut from their brain while awake – is relocating to Australia with her family to seek cancer care not available in New Zealand.
Parents Matt and Penny Swan have been researching international options since their youngest daughter’s shock diagnosis in 2022 and have pulled together a full medical team.
The family has made the tough decision to leave their Auckland home and their other daughters, Sammy, 19 and Della, 21, who will stay in New Zealand.
“That part, leaving our older girls here, will be hideous, but they are both flatting and loving it and are settled,” Penny said.
