Greens co-leader Russel Norman
Green Party co-leader Russel Norman's partner Katya
Paquin is to have further surgery to try and remove a brain
tumour.
Dr Norman told NZPA that Ms Paquin visited Wellington
Hospital on Thursday for pre-surgery preparation and would go
back on October 17 for the operation.
"This is their third attempt to get the tumour, they've got
parts of it before and they're hoping this time they will
finish it off," Dr Norman said.
Asked how he coped with the stress, he answered: "I don't
know. I don't know what the answer is."
The tumour was diagnosed just a few months before the last
election.
"It happened in April-May 2005, it was much more stressful
because it was the first time and it was a haemorrhaging
tumour back then and I was the campaign manager at that
time."
Ms Paquin is a Green Party researcher.
Dr Norman said the couple had good family support. Ms
Paquin's sister is the Oscar winning actress Anna Paquin.
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