Nick Poortman, a 23-year-old audio engineer from Titirangi, is shaving his distinctive eight-inch high mohawk for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand's (LBC's) Shave for a Cure campaign.
Nick will be shorn by Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand's ambassador Hilary Barry at the Albany Farmers store on March 8 at 12pm. Farmers, a long-term supporter of LBC are holding Shaves at 10 of their stores over Shave Week (March 4 to 10).
"I have personally been touched by cancer with a few friends receiving a cancer diagnosis. If I can help raise money to help find a cure it's the least I can do,"
"I've had my mohawk for two and a half years now, and it has really become a big part of me. I'll have my hair up when it is chopped off, so hopefully it will provide some good entertainment too," says Nick Poortman.
Poortman says he spends 30 minutes to craft his hair into a mowhawk.