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my brother, he took his life. A year
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prior to that, I lost uh one of my
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closest friends to the same same
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circumstances and I got to catch a
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firsthand glimpse as to how
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underresourced and underfunded the
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mental health sector is in New Zealand.
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It prompted me to be like, "No, I've got
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to raise money, raise awareness,
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whatever it looked like." This is your
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second appearance on the podcast. First
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time was um September last year just
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when you were about to embark on this
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journey of running the length of New
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Zealand twice on the Tiaraa trail 6,000
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km which you ended up doing in 114 days
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which works out to be an average of 52
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km per day. The thing is what I learned
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very quick is you're going to get
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injured. It's inevitable. It's just a
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matter of how soon and how effectively
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and how efficiently you can, you know,
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recover from that. The weather I
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encountered, which I had no idea I was
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going to encounter, was just extreme.
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That chunk of cash is going to bring
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some change and bring some value to men.
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And that for me is gives a lot of peace
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and it tells me that okay, the mission
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is somewhat complete. I'm at peace with
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that.
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