Maia Hendrix is playing a waiting game after a regimen of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for her brain cancer. The Bay of Plenty woman has been diagnosed with grade three astrocytoma brain cancer and is counting down the days until her next brain scan in July, which she hopes will indicate if the gruelling treatment is working. It’s a frustrating place to be in, says the 34-year-old early childhood teacher from Katikati .

“So many people are asking me if has it worked and I say, ‘I don’t know’. “I want to know.”.