A young woman, in remission from cancer, was granted her dream to photograph the Southern Lights recently.
Rebecca Edwards was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2012. After gruelling years fighting the illness the 17-year-old Aucklander has now been in remission for 18 months.
It's no secret that Edwards is an avid photographer. She was a natural choice when award-winning photographer Mark Gee asked Make a Wish if they could find someone to participate in his workshop to photograph the shimmering-green Aurora Australis.
Edwards' family and Gee kept it a secret for months. He flew to Auckland for a studio shoot Edwards was photographing in February to surprise her.
"She had no idea I was coming, I just turned up and walked into the party. I wanted to take her on a shoot with me.