Thursday 24 September 2026
Join us in supporting men's mental health at this student-organised Father & Son Breakfast, featuring guest speaker Sir John Kirwan.
While the event is called the Father & Son Breakfast, everyone is welcome. We'd love to see mums, grandparents, family members and supporters join us for this important conversation about the work Sir John Kirwan is doing for children all over New Zealand.
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Where: Great Hall, King's College
Arrive: 7.30am
Finish: 8.30am
Students are free.
Guest Speaker: Sir John Kirwan
John Kirwan has been at the forefront of mental health awareness in New Zealand for 15 years. After battling depression and anxiety all his life, John is now focussed on providing young people with the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to mental health issues both in themselves and others. In this Insights episode, John covers a range of key strategies he uses to continue mastering his own mental health, including how to accept mental issues as an illness and not a weakness, how to formulate a daily mental health plan and how to tame his monkey brain.
Proceeds for this event go to Mitey the Sir John Kirwan Foundation.
Mitey targets NZ children to help build the necessary and age appropriate skills, knowledge and understanding they need to nurture their own emotional wellbeing and those of others.