It's Blue September! Tomorrow - Time to man up and give prostate cancer the finger!
31 August 2015, 12:41PM
MWC Media
Blue September 2015 is taking on a fresh approach to making men aware of prostate cancer. Well-known actor Mark Hadlow is fronting the campaign with new TV and radio commercials and is also the face of Blue September on posters, back-of-the-bus advertising and other print media.
The message in 2015 is confronting. It seeks to directly address the inhibitions men have to having a digital rectal examination (or DRE) – the physical examination required to check for prostate abnormalities.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand men and the third most common cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer and bowel cancer:
- 1 in 10 will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime;
- 3000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in New Zealand
- Last year approximately 600 Kiwi men died from prostate cancer – that’s roughly the same number as women who died from breast cancer;
- Māori men are 72 per cent more likely to die of prostate cancer once they are diagnosed than non-Māori men.
In support of Blue September, landmark buildings around the country are turning blue:
- The Auckland Sky Tower, The Cloud, the Auckland Town Hall and the Aotea Centre;
- In Whangarei, Te Matau a Pohe, Kotuitui Whitinga and the Canopy Bridges;
- In Hamilton, Victoria Bridge and the Municipal building;
- In Rotorua, the Clock Tower, Museum and Princess Gate (8 buildings);
- In New Plymouth, Tom Parker Fountain;
- In Palmerston North, the Clock Tower;
- In Wellington, The Michael Fowler Centre;.
- Christchurch Airport;
- The Oamaru Opera House;
- The Settlers Museum Toitu, Dunedin.
- Go to www.blueseptember.org.nz or https://www.facebook.com/BlueSeptemberNZ to check out our new TV commercial, the wonderful Blue Faces (ambassadors), and see the latest updates including a full list of events;
- Promote and support Blue September on:
- Blue September Breakfast, 11 Empire St, Cambridge
- Albany PlaceMakers Tradies Breakfast.
- Learn to Play Poker Evening & Craft Beer Tasting, SKYCITY Auckland
- Invercargill Scooter Challenge with Buck Shelford
- Masters Rugby League Tournament games at Manurewa Sports Complex, Mountfort Park
- Masters Rugby League Tournament Prostate Cancer Foundation charity auction, music till midnight, Ellerslie Event Centre, Auckland $20 buffet
- The Great Pudding Competition Tikokino
- Blokes & Sheila’s Blue September Breakfast - Waikato
- Bikers in Blue
- Battle of the BBQs Applejacks Restaurant Pakuranga with Celebrity cook-off, with Sir Peter Leitch and Monty Betham $60 per person and almost sold out. Cover price includes food.
- Masters Rugby League Tournament Farewell and Prizegiving, Prostate Cancer Foundation charity auction, music till midnight at the Ellerslie Event Centre, Auckland.
- David Hartnell’s Celebrity Quiz Night, Surrey HotelAuckland
- Pamper Fundraiser, Mercy Hospital, Dunedin
- Oktoberfest, Shed 10, Auckland Viaduct
- PlaceMakers Golf Day with Buck Shelford at Denby Golf Club, Whangarei
- Blues, Brews & BBQ The Hunter Lounge, Victoria University, WellingtonQuiz Night with Tarun at the Smith & McKenzie, Chartwell Mall, Hamilton
- Blue September Mystery Cruise, Bushy Park, Tauranga
- The Cory’s Rally with Monty Betham, 30 cars go on a quest from Pukekohe to Hahei
- Blues Night, Thirsty Dog, off K Rd with Ray Woolf as MC
- Distinguished Gentlemen’s Scooter Ride, Auckland
- Gala Dinner Riccarton PlaceMakers
- Encourage your business, organisation, social club, friends and family to paint their faces blue, wear blue and run a fundraising and awareness event. Register your event and order blue ribbons at www.blueseptember.org.nz;
- Like us on https://www.facebook.com/BlueSeptemberNZ and follow us at https://twitter.com/blueseptembernz;
- Get your blue ribbon from PlaceMakers, The Coffee Club, Corys Electrical, Farmers, Sky City, The Mad Butcher stores, Auto Super Shoppes and other retailers for a gold coin donatio