The couple of a Tauranga four-year-old diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia while living in a methamphetamine-contaminated home want answers.

Alicia Steenson was diagnosed with stage 4 Burkitt Lymphoma last month and is currently in Starship Hospital receiving treatment.

Alicia in Starship Hospital, where she is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

About the same time as Alicia was diagnosed, the Steenson family found out they'd been living in a methamphetamine-contaminated house for the last year and believe the disease may be linked with the contamination.

Trent Steenson describes his daughter, who is currently undergoing a 21-day cycle of chemotherapy in Starship children's hospital, as a little trooper.

Talking to SunLive yesterday, Trent says he's currently looking at all of his options to try and get further testing done of the property he and his wife Vicky rented in Ohauiti.

'I'm going to give Tauranga City Council a ring to see what avenues I can take. I'm still trying to work out how about to go about it and get some extra testing done. I can't really afford to pay for it myself.

'I'd like to get the soil around my house tested, because that's where my daughter was playing.” Trent says it's not only the meth in the house he and his wife Vicky are concerned about, but also the empty chemical containers found underneath the building.

'I decided to have a look around and under the house, when Alicia got crook.”

'I wouldn't mind getting the soil around the house tested after finding those containers. I'm just trying to work out, during the work day, the right avenues to go down.” Trent says it's just a matter of going down the right avenues – not so much so they have someone to blame, but just for closure to see if the contamination did cause Alicia's leukaemia or not.

Tauranga oncologist Richard North says it's unlikely the contamination caused the cancer but it's not impossible.

Leukaemia can be caused by prolonged exposure to chemicals, says Richard.

When asked how his daughter is doing, Trent told SunLive 'she's getting there”.

'She's on a heavy cycle [of chemotherapy] and my wife is pretty much up there with her 24/7. It's [Starship Hospital] an awesome hospital up there. She is in the best place she can be.

'I spent the night with my other girl and two sons to give mum a bit of a break for the weekend.”

Along with a fundraising page set up for the family by Trent's colleague Nina Harland, Trent is also doing his part to help raise money for his daughter.

'I'm doing my own little fundraising as well through Shave for a Cure. My wife Vicky has organised something for around mid-March. I'm trying to grow half a beard to shave off and get donations coming through.”

People wanting to donate can do so via the Give a Little website or via Trent's Shave for a Cure page.