EPISODE · Aug 25, 2026 · 24 MIN
When Cancer Comes to Work: The Conversation Most Employers Aren't Ready For - Cancer Society Auckland/Northland CEO Andrew Young
from NZX Opening Bell · host NZX
One in three New Zealanders will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and within twenty years that's forecast to be one in two. Which means most workplaces will have someone come to them with a diagnosis at some point.Andrew Young, CEO of the Cancer Society Auckland Northland, joins Joseph Shuker on the Opening Bell podcast to talk about what happens next. What to say when a colleague tells you they have cancer, the assumptions employers tend to get wrong, why taking work off someone isn't always the kind thing to do, and how to give a person back some control when they've lost it.Andrew also shares what Daffodil Day means to him, where the money raised goes, and some promising news on a potential new treatment coming out of a research lab here in New Zealand.The Cancer Society receives no direct government funding. To support their work, donate at daffodilday.org.nz
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One in three New Zealanders will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and within twenty years that's forecast to be one in two. Which means most workplaces will have someone come to them with a diagnosis at some point. Andrew Young, CEO of the Cancer Society Auckland Northland, joins Joseph Shuker on the Opening Bell podcast to talk about what happens next. What to say when a colleague tells you they have cancer, the assumptions employers tend to get wrong, why taking work off someone ...
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