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Unleash the power of the mullet

31 January 2025

The Mental Health Foundation is challenging you (and your mates) to grow a mullet this March to make a powerful statement for mental health in Aotearoa.

The mullet is an iconic hairstyle with the power to connect and start conversations, and we all know that through kōrero, we can break down barriers around mental health.

The Foundation have two aims:

  1. Create a mass of mullets across Aotearoa in March – a March of the Mullets, if you will.
  2. Raise funds to provide vital and free mental health resources to support everyone in Aotearoa with their mental health, especially those who need them most.

Don’t mullet-over!
Sign up today and get growing a mullet in March!

Because all mullets matter, especially when it comes to mental health.

Aotearoa Bike Challenge: Rediscover the joys and benefits of riding a bike

13 January 2024

Waka Kotahi | NZ Transport Agency wants to boost cycling all across the country again this summer. It’s a great time to ride bikes in NZ with tailored guidance and tips, a friendly workplace competition, and lots of great prizes on offer.

Join the Aotearoa Bike Challenge today! This is a fun, free challenge to encourage you and your colleagues to experience first hand joys and benefits of riding a bike. There will be lots of fantastic prizes on offer to tempt your team.

It’s all about participation – which teams and workplaces can get the most people to ride a bike for just 10 minutes or more? Organisations across the country will compete against each other to see who can get the most staff to ride a bike during the month of February 2025.

It’s not about who can ride the most kilometres, but who can encourage the most people to give bicycling a try. The teams which get the highest percentage of their staff riding for their size category will win.

There will also do a prize draw for each trip you ride. So the more you ride in February, the more chance you have of winning a prize. You can earn more chances at individual prizes for encouraging others to ride.

This is also an opportunity to try out the cycleways in your area – contact your city or district council for more information.

Aotearoa Bike Challenge: Ride and shine.
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