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Gumboot hike and haka for mental health awareness 27 May 2021 13:45 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x4343300) I Am Hope Foundation founder Mike King is strapping on his boots for Gumboot Friday. Starting at midnight, he intends to stomp 100,000 metres around Auckland Domain to raise funds for the foundation's mental health counselling services for tamariki and rangatahi. He says people are welcome to join him, and bring their tamariki - there will be inflatable obstacle courses,. bouncy castles, food trucks and sausage sizzles. People are also invited to join a 654-person haka at 6pm in front of the grandstand, led by All Black great Buck Shelford.
"Three years ago I remember standing on a podium with you singing your party's praises as you announced that you were spending $1.9b on mental health," he writes. "As long as I live I will never forget that day. There was such a euphoric feeling in the air, full of optimism and hope and I believed with all my heart things were about to change, finally we had a government who cared." But three years on, he says he feels they've both "let everybody down". "I know none of this is your fault Prime Minister and I know you truly care about our children but the system is broken and it seems to our most vulnerable Kiwis and their families that no one is trying to fix it," he says.
AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR PRIMEMINISTER Dear Primeminister Tomorrow is the 3rd anniversary of Gumboot Friday and to celebrate I’ll be walking 100,000 meters in Gumboots around the Auckland Domain to raise $100k that will go towards our $5 million goal. If we reach our goal it will provide over 37,000 free non stigmatising counselling sessions for our kids. I say non stigmatising because under the current system the only way young people can get free counselling is to go to a doctor, be diagnosed mentally ill, and then go on a long waiting list before being met by an often burnt out mental health professional.
'The system is broken': Mike King returning Order of Merit medal Thu, 27 May 2021, 3:26PM Mike King will be handing back his NZ Order of Merit medal due to lack of mental health funding. Photo / Instagram 'The system is broken': Mike King returning Order of Merit medal Thu, 27 May 2021, 3:26PM Renowned mental health advocate Mike King is returning his New Zealand Order of Merit medal because of the country's "broken" mental health system. In a message addressed to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Instagram today, King revealed he would be handing back the accolade - for services to mental health and suicide prevention - given the state of mental health services.
JOHN BISSET/Stuff I am Hope ambassador Michelle Cogger is all set for Gumboot Friday, walking in solidarity with those suffering depression which is described as ‘’like walking through mud’’. Timaru’s Michelle Cogger is encouraging others to don their gumboots to raise awareness of depression. Gumboot Friday, this week, is about awareness and solidarity with those suffering depression, who have described it as like struggling to walk through mud in gumboots every day. Last year 175 young people in New Zealand died by suicide and an estimated 3500 attempted to take their own life, according to gumbootfriday.org.nz. I am Hope, the youth arm of The Key to Life Charitable Trust, hosts the event where founder Mike King, and other supporters, walk 100 kilometres in their gumboots around the Auckland Domain for 24 hours.
Lorna Thornber05:00, May 25 2021 BROOK SABIN Tens of thousands of us would have headed to Sydney this year for a holiday. Here's why a staycation in Auckland is better. The City of Sails is also the City of Astoundingly Diverse Scenery, making its walks more of a pleasure than an exercise in endurance. Although if you’re up for a challenge, the City of Volcanoes, as Auckland is also known, won’t disappoint. Tāmaki Drive, Cornwall Park and those 50-plus volcanoes are all excellent choices for a wander, but you’ll find some of the city’s most picturesque – and peaceful – walks in the regional parks at its furthest reaches.
One Tree Hill to Geraldine: The ultimate music tour of New Zealand 3 May, 2021 06:00 PM 5 minutes to read An art nouveau mural on the corner of Dominion Rd and View Rd and a brass plaque at 788 Dominion Rd both claim to be 'halfway down Dominion Rd'. Photo / Brett Atkinson An art nouveau mural on the corner of Dominion Rd and View Rd and a brass plaque at 788 Dominion Rd both claim to be 'halfway down Dominion Rd'. Photo / Brett Atkinson NZ Herald By: Brett Atkinson In honour of New Zealand Music Month, fire up a Kiwi playlist as you explore the country's history, culture and contemporary eating and drinking scenes, writes
The crowd was estimated at around 25,000. “Ten Carmelite nuns received a cheer as they were welcomed to the Mass on a rare outing from their Hoon Hay monastery,” The Press added. The Press/Stuff Two of the 10 nuns were chosen to receive communion from the Pope. Sister Theresa said “it did not feel strange to be among so many people again, as the nuns were not isolated from people even though they lived in the monastery”. Pope John Paul II was in New Zealand for around 48 hours, and took large outdoor masses at the Auckland Domain and Athletic Park in Wellington, as well as at Lancaster Park, before a combined national total of around 95,000 people.