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Saturday 28 March 2020

Gumboot Friday

New Zealand has celebrated a Kind of different Gumboot Friday for 2020.

Gumboot Friday was hosted by Ming king which is a New Zealand mental health advocate, television personality, and former comedian. He streamed a three-hour Facebook live event for New Zealanders coping with anxiety around the COVID-19 crisis, Singer-songwriter Mitch James joined the event from his Sydney home. 

Mike King Had already finished a quick tour of New Zealand on tractors to raise awareness for the Gumboot Friday, Last year Gumboot Friday raised about $1.3 million to provide more than 10,500 counselling sessions for 2500 young New Zealanders. 

Mike King has reached out to New Zealanders to ask those closest to them to ask if they are ok and that they are not alone.



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