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    WORKING at wellness

    Mar 03, 2021 4 minutes

    New Zealanders are known for their can-do attitude, but can we overcome our troubling mental health statistics? According to recent research, a quarter of New Zealand adults suffer from poor mental wellbeing. “We have some of the worst stats in the OECD,” says Xero managing director and mental health advocate Craig Hudson. “It is systemic in our culture that we need to change.”

    If we take Craig as a case study, the answer to the above question is an optimistic one. Craig grew up in what he calls a traditional Kiwi “harden up” home. At school in Tauranga, he was only interested in sports practices, and failed his School C. Having gone

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