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Watch: Let me die here, cancer patient tells Parliament

Terminally ill Wellington man Joseph Claessen has told Parliament that he will kill himself before his cancer claims him. The Dutch immigrant says he could return to the Netherlands, where euthanasia is legal, but he wants to die here with his family.

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