Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I a ia e 15 wiki ana e hapu ana ki tana tamaiti tuarima, ka korerotia ki a Clare Van Santen he mate pukupuku tōna uma. 'I hapu ahau ki a Elijah i taku kitenga i te mate pukupuku o te uma, no reira he iti te wehi ki te whakaaro he aha te mea ka tupu ki te haputanga me nga tamariki ke,' i kii a Ms Van Santen ki Daily Mail Ahitereiria. Whai muri i te whakawhiwhinga ki tētahi pūnaha rongoā matū motuhake kāore i kitea he pānga kino ki ngā tamariki kāore anō kia whānau mai, ā, i muri i te whakawātea i te uha, i whānau mai tana tama i te harikoa, ā, ko te mea nui rawa, he hauora. 'He makawe tonu tōna mahunga i tōna whānautanga, ā, he koroheke ahau, nā reira i pai ake ai taku āhua,' te kī a Ms Van Santen, nō Perth, i te tawai. Ko Clare Van Santen, 37-tau te pakeke, (kei muri o te whakaahua) e whawhai ana i tēnei wā ki te mate pukupuku uma. Kei te whakaahuahia ia i konei me ana tamariki tokowha, ko Susan 17, ko Nikita, 14, ko Jack, 12, ko Elijah, 9,. I kitea tuatahihia te wahine o Perth i a ia e hapu ana ki tana tamaiti tuarima, a Iraia, e iwa tau ana inaianei. I tana pātai ki tana tākuta i muri i tana maimoatanga katoa mēnā kei te whakaheke ia i te mate, ka mea ia ki a ia mēnā he mate pukupuku uma, mēnā kei roto i te uma, pērā i tana, kua ora koe. Engari tekau tau i muri mai, i muri i tana noho i te oranga i whakaaro ai ia kaore he mate pukupuku, kua korerotia ki te whaea kotahi o te tokorima kua mate tana mate pukupuku. Ko tana āwangawanga nui i muri ake nei, ko ana tamariki, e rua tekau ki te iwa tau te pakeke, me pehea hoki ta ratou oranga i te kore ia ia. 'E manukanuka ana ahau ki te āhua o rātau, ko wai hoki e tiaki i a rātau, he aha te mea ka tupu, me pēhea rātau e aro atu,' i kī a Ms Van Santen. Whai muri i tana kitenga tuatahi, i ako te wahine Perth i te Oketopa 2013 kua horapa atu tana mate pukupuku ki tana ate, a he iti ano hoki tana i roto i tetahi o ona pokohiwi. 'I haere ahau ki te mahi i te taatai o te kopu, a, i tirotirohia e ratou taku ate, a, i kitea etahi ope i mutu hei mate pukupuku, he iti noa iho i roto i taku pokohiwi,' i whakaatu a Ms Van Santen. He rārangi o ngā mea e hiahia ana a Ms Van Santen ki te mahi ki āna tamariki: ko Keisha, 20, ko Susan 17, ko Nikita, 14, ko Jack, 12, ko Elijah, 9, i te wā e...
Ko Clare Van Santen, 37, he mate pukupuku uma i te wāhanga 4, arā, he mate whakamutu. Ko te whaea kotahi o te tokorima i kitea tuatahihia i te tau 2005 i a ia e hapu ana ki tana tama. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te chemotherapy me te mastectomy ki te whawhai i te mate pukupuku. Kātahi i te Oketopa 2013 ka mōhio ia kua horapa atu ki tōna ate me tōna pokohiwi. I kitea he pukupuku kei roto i tōna roro i muri i tētahi tūtukitanga i te Hui-tanguru 2015. Inaianei kua tukuna e ia tana tautoko ki muri i te Whakataetae Hoko Taima. E akiaki ana i te iwi ki te koha ki te pūtea i ētahi atu kaiāwhina tiaki uma me ngā ratonga.