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Podcast: Newsable
Episode: "I've never wanted to do that" - Dave Brown Buttabean Letele on cutting food parcel supplies. Snow for skiing? Working as a surgeon in New Zealand's health system, too many starlings
Description: Financial pressure on funders means Dave Brown Buttabean Letele is having to cut support to 500 families using his food parcel service, but he is now turning to helping people get into work.This interview does cover issues of mental health and suicide. Here are some contact numbers for assistance if you or anyone you know needs helpWhere to get help
1737, Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 to talk to a trained counsellor.
Anxiety New Zealand 0800 ANXIETY (0800 269 4389)
Depression.org.nz 0800 111 757 or text 4202
Lifeline 0800 543 354
Rural Support Trust 0800 787 254
Samaritans 0800 726 666
Suicide Crisis Helpline 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
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