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LAYLA SAE NAMED AS HURRICANES POUA PLAYER OF THE YEAR!
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n the Winter 2022 issue of Diabetes Wellness, we featured type 1 rugby player, the brilliant Layla Sae. This June, Layla was awarded the Hurricanes Poua Player of the Year. The Hurricanes Poua is a New Zealand women’s professional rugby union team based in Wellington, New Zealand, that competes in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. Layla’s mother Tracy Black tells us, ‘My T1D warrior daughter continues to do what she wants to do with her life and is again reaping the rewards from her dedication, focus, passion (and well controlled diabetes). As you can imagine, I am overwhelmingly PROUD and in absolute awe of this very talented human being so just wanted to share our joy, excitement, pride, and hope with you all!’ And as if that wasn’t enough, recently Layla has signed a 12-month contract with the Black Ferns! Congratulations Layla!
EDITOR’S NOTES: In the last issue of Diabetes Wellness, in the article ‘Cyclone Gabrielle Heroes and Heroines’, we quoted someone saying: ‘We had a hairy moment at Napier airport. Bret went missing on flight radar. We couldn’t find him. They told
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us, “We found him. He’s still a little bit away”. My heart!’ Bret Lucas wants to reassure readers that the plane was under control at all times. We appreciate the work of pilots and others who worked in difficult conditions that day.
In the Autumn 2022 issue, in the article ‘CGMs and WINZ’, we reported that the Disability Allowance can be used to pay for a Freestyle Libre subscription. We would like to clarify that the Disability Allowance can be used towards any CGM and is not limited to a Freestyle Libre.
