Our achievements

Photo-shoot and feature article in the spring-summer 2008 issue of Pink Magazine.
Featured regularly in the New Zealand Herald and various community newspapers.
Covered in the “Inspirational Women” section of the NZ Women’s Weekly.
Profiled in Pink, Bella, NZ Geographic and Femme magazines.
Featured or interviewed on TV1’s breakfast show, “5:30 with Jude”, the “Mary Lambie Show”, Prime TV.
The subject of in an “Inside Out NZ” documentary.
On TVNZ OneNews with NZ’s Olympic yachtees.
As guest speakers at numerous public and private functions.
On Maori TV’s 2007 Dragon Boat Festival coverage.
On the Breast Cancer Research Trust's 2008 Pink Ball fundraiser video
On Sky TV's coverage of the 2009 National Dragon Boating championships.

Competing in the NZ National Dragon Boat Championships every year since 1999... and winning!
Competing in regattas throughout New Zealand – Christchurch, Wellington, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland.
Competing internationally with much success:
Vancouver – 2000 – came 7th overall in the first international breast cancer dragon boating regatta.
2003 – Hosted the inaugural South Pacific Breast Cancer regatta in Auckland and competed against teams from Canada, America and Australia – finishing 3rd overall.
2005 – Alcan Regatta in Vancouver, Canada – Busting With Life was the only breast cancer survivor team to qualify for the Recreation Grade final. And of 180 teams competing, most being male/female non-cancer teams, Busting With Life ranked 35th overall.
2005 – Abreast In A Boat 10 Year Breast Cancer Regatta – competing against 62 teams, Busting With life came in 4th.
2006 – Competing in Singapore against teams from Australia, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, UK, South Africa, Singapore and Malaysia at the inaugural IPDBC Breast Cancer Dragon Boat World Championships – Busting With Life proudly took home 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.