PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONWord of a Dunedin trust’s ground-breaking work, using specially trained dogs to sniff out cancer, is spreading around the globe and an Australian charity has just raised $NZ200,000 for the trust to continue its research. K9MD founder and chief executive Pauline Blomfield said the trust had recently formed a collaborative partnership with a newly founded Australian cancer charity called Get Yourself Checked. Mr Hanley said when he heard about K9MD in Dunedin, he decided to take a closer look at the work the trust was doing. The duo flew to Dunedin yesterday to present the cheque and formally acknowledge their ongoing commitment to K9MD. "While Australia and New Zealand go head-to-head in the sporting sector, this support from across the Tasman for K9MD clearly shows cancer has no geographical boundaries.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 16, 2026 16:40 UTC