The Cancer Society's asking political parties to stop tinkering around the edges and unite to more strongly fight the disease. 

It's joined with the Government to each commit another $1 million towards the Sun Smart skin cancer prevention programme. 

But the Society is also calling for more cervical and lung cancer screening, and to bring down the bowel cancer screening age. 

Chief Executive Nicola Coom told Mike Hosking skin cancer prevention has been underinvested in for decades, despite being the country’s biggest killer. 

She says there’s no doubt we’ve made a bit of progress in the last few years, but it’s not enough to respond to the large number of cancer diagnoses New Zealand is currently facing.  

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