Help for Hone Hillman: Pukehoke boy with brain tumour swamped with offers of assistance to Christchurch

Hone Hillman is selling toys to fund his first plane trip, a visit to his favourite cousin in Christchurch . The 9-year-old has a cancer-like tumour in his brain and is undergoing chemotherapy, affecting his growth and immunity. Hone is hosting garage sales in the South Auckland town of Pukekohe on Friday and Saturday.

New Zealanders and some of the country’s biggest companies are offering to help a young boy with a rare brain tumour take a dream trip to see his family. It comes after Hone Hillman, 9, of Pukekohe, gathered his unneeded toys and books together for a garage sale to fundraise for a trip to see his favourite cousin in Christchurch. The Herald has been flooded with offers from readers moved by Hillman’s struggle with hypothalamic langerhans cell histiocytosis and his entrepreneurial spirit.



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