Auckland dad diagnosed with brain tumour weeks before twins' birth

An Auckland family has begun fundraising for treatment and living costs after a father was diagnosed with a brain tumour just weeks before the birth of the couple's twins.

Diagnoses of this kind carry a financial shock alongside the medical one. Income stops at exactly the point household costs rise, and treatment often requires travel, time off work and support from extended family.

Community fundraising has become a routine part of serious illness in New Zealand, filling the gap between publicly funded treatment and the unfunded costs that surround it.

The family says the immediate focus is getting through treatment and the arrival of the twins, with support from friends, colleagues and neighbours making the practical logistics manageable.