Woman who sold car to fund a colonoscopy off to Australia as National keeps control of health purse-strings
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Christine Irvine has booked a one way ticket booked out of New Zealand and says she can no longer afford to live here if National remain in government. Health is a high priority for Irvine and after spending two years on a waiting list for a colonoscopy, she says she`s been forced to try to seek treatment in Australia, where she holds dual citizenship. Told by her doctor she needed to be screened due to a genetic condition which meant she developed cancerous polyps, Irvine kept getting bumped down the list as her case wasn`t deemed urgent. Irvine, a primary school teacher from Nelson, made the decision to sell her car so she could afford a to pay for a...