Popular Kiwi singer and radio presenter Anika Moa has shared a very personal and honest story of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
The 40-year-old musician posted a photo of herself, decked out in running gear, looking very fit and healthy, but her caption painted a very different picture.
In the lengthy post The Hits radio presenter shared that she is "unravelling" and being her "complete honest and raw self" about her health struggles and the shock of receiving her diabetes diagnosis.
"I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes over two years ago," shared the singer. "It is rife on my Māori side of my whānau so it wasn't a complete shock.