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    A cup of tea with… SIR JOHN KIRWAN

    Oct 18, 2020 4 minutes

    Sir John Kirwan was an absolute legend on the rugby field and now the former All Black champions mental health issues as the founder of the Sir John Kirwan Foundation and the mental wellbeing app, Mentemia. He chats about his latest passion projects, facing his demons and the mantras he lives by.

    Thanks for joining us, Sir John Kirwan. Can you tell us about your latest mental health projects.

    Okay, about four years ago the government began to put mental health into the Health and Safety Act – where there is a focus on looking after people’s mental health. That was a good thing. But then I continued to see our suicide rates going up and reflected on what

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