Good Man Wellness

Good Man Wellness friendship, family and finances. EMPOWERING MEN, SAVING LIVES.

Men’s mental wellness business and community, whose mission is to reduce the male suicide rate globally, starting in New Zealand, by promoting the social drivers of men’s mental wellness inc.

Most networking events end when people walk out the door.This one seemed to start there.Following the inaugural Good Man...
04/06/2026

Most networking events end when people walk out the door.

This one seemed to start there.

Following the inaugural Good Man Network event, men arranged follow-up meetings, formed new friendships, and began discussing collaborations before they had even left the building.

Feedback included:
“Everyone came away feeling really pumped up.”
“The event had a good vibe. Like an already established group.”
“Keeping the group small makes meaningful conversation easier.”
“And that’s what I think we all need at the moment.”

The Good Man Network is designed to be different from traditional networking.

A space where professional men can connect, be heard, and build meaningful relationships alongside business ones.

Our next event is:
📅 Thursday 18 June
🕤 9:30–11:00am
📍 Tauranga Club, Devonport Road
💰 Free to attend

Places are limited to 15 men and over half the spaces have already been taken.

If you’d like to join us, find out more here:
www.goodmanwellness.co.nz/the-good-man-network

The Good Man Network:
A network for professional men, anchored in connection and built with heart.

Good Man Wellness is being included in a local GP clinic’s Men’s Health Month patient pack.That is a big moment for our ...
01/06/2026

Good Man Wellness is being included in a local GP clinic’s Men’s Health Month patient pack.

That is a big moment for our work locally.

The clinic has three branches in Tauranga, so we are really grateful for the opportunity to help more men hear about the support and connection now available in our wonderful city.

Men’s health is not only about physical health.

It is also about loneliness, stress, relationship pressure, work pressure, financial strain, fatherhood, purpose, and having somewhere to talk before things reach crisis point.

This week, our next Men’s Circle is happening:
Wednesday 3rd June
10:00–11:00am
Merivale Community Centre
Free to attend
No booking required. Just turn up.

It is a relaxed, supportive space for men to talk, listen, connect, and support one another.

We also have our next Good Man Network business networking event coming up:
Thursday 18th June
9:30–11:00am
The Tauranga Club, Devonport Road
Numbers capped at 15, so booking is required.

Business networking for men, anchored in connection.

Interested in either, or know a man who might benefit from attending one of these?

Visit: www.goodmanwellness.co.nz
Email: [email protected]

Women’s Circle tomorrow (Wednesday 27th May, 10 to 11am, Merivale Community Centre)Dear Women of Tauranga,If you are wor...
26/05/2026

Women’s Circle tomorrow (Wednesday 27th May, 10 to 11am, Merivale Community Centre)

Dear Women of Tauranga,

If you are worried about a man in your life, whether that is your partner, son, father, brother or someone else you care about, and would value talking with other women in a similar position, please join us.

The Women’s Circles are a chance to sit down together, share experiences, support one another, and have open, honest conversations in a safe and welcoming space.

A female colleague from Merivale Community Centre and I will be there to help facilitate the session.

You are very welcome to come along.

📍Merivale Community Centre
⏱️ 10 to 11am
$ Free

No booking required.

We look forward to meeting you there.

Thank you 🙏🏼

Good Man Wellness

www.goodmanwellness.co.nz

Good Man Network Men's Business Networking Event UpdateA huge thank you to the men who attended the very first Good Man ...
21/05/2026

Good Man Network Men's Business Networking Event Update

A huge thank you to the men who attended the very first Good Man Network event in Tauranga on Friday.

The room was full of honest conversation, encouragement, support, laughter, practical business discussion, and genuine connection.

One of the attendees summed it up perfectly afterwards:

“And that’s what I think we all need at the moment.”

That really stayed with me.

Several men commented that traditional networking can sometimes feel daunting or surface-level, whereas the smaller group setting made it easier to relax, contribute, and connect more meaningfully.

New friendships were formed, business collaborations were discussed, and there was a real sense of community in the room.

Some of the feedback included:

“Opportunity to speak and be heard.”

“Everyone came away feeling really pumped up.”

“The event had a good vibe. Like an already established group.”

The Good Man Network is a business network for professional men, anchored in connection and built with heart.

The next session is planned for 18 June, and I’m genuinely excited about where this is heading.

Thank you again to everyone who came along and helped make the pilot session such a positive experience.

www.goodmanwellness.co.nz/the-good-man-network

The inaugural Good Man Network event takes place this Friday.All 12 spaces are now full, and there is a small wait list....
13/05/2026

The inaugural Good Man Network event takes place this Friday.

All 12 spaces are now full, and there is a small wait list.

I’ve been genuinely encouraged by the response.

The men attending come from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and professions.

Different lives.
Different experiences.
But a shared recognition that many men are looking for something more meaningful than surface-level networking.

On Friday, we’ll spend time connecting, talking, and getting to know one another properly.

I’ll also be speaking briefly about the importance of connection, and why I believe consistent spaces like this matter more than many of us realise.

The next Good Man Network event will take place on 18 June.

That session is also free to attend, although over half the spaces have already been taken.

If you’re based in Tauranga or the wider Bay of Plenty and this resonates, you can find out more and register your interest here:

www.goodmanwellness.co.nz

Most networking events help people grow their businesses.Very few help people feel less alone while doing it.That is one...
12/05/2026

Most networking events help people grow their businesses.

Very few help people feel less alone while doing it.

That is one of the reasons I created The Good Man Network.

The inaugural event in Tauranga is in three days, and things are coming together nicely.

The slides are finished. The room is nearly full. And I’m genuinely looking forward to the conversations ahead.

I’ll be speaking briefly about something I think many professional men quietly underestimate: the importance of genuine connection.

Not networking in the LinkedIn sense.

Real connection. Community. Good conversations. Support.

There’ll also be plenty of relaxed networking time afterwards.

The sessions are intentionally small (capped at 12 attendees), and there are now only two spaces remaining.

📍 Tauranga Club

📅 Friday 15 May

🕤 9:30–11:00am

The Good Man Network is a business network for professional men, anchored in connection and built with heart.

It is a safe space to connect, build relationships, share ideas, and help each other. The men who join the network are those who want to see their peers successful and happy - after all, we rise by lifting others.

If you’d like one of the two remaining spaces, feel free to message me directly.

www.goodmanwellness.co.nz/the-good-man-network

Today is Mother’s Day in New Zealand.And as someone working in the men’s mental wellness space, I often reflect on how m...
09/05/2026

Today is Mother’s Day in New Zealand.

And as someone working in the men’s mental wellness space, I often reflect on how much of who we become is shaped by the women who love, support, encourage, and believe in us along the way.

I’m incredibly fortunate to have that in both my wife and my mum.

My wife works full-time as a surgeon, yet despite the pressures and demands of her own career, she is still very much the glue that holds our family together. I honestly don’t know how she does it sometimes.

And my mum…

Without her, I genuinely would not be the person I am today.

She encouraged me to sit the 11+ exam to get into grammar school.

She supported me throughout my secondary school years.

And despite the put-downs of a few family naysayers, she always told me I could achieve anything I wanted to in life, including becoming a doctor.

She was right, as mums often are.

To this day, she remains one of my proudest supporters, and I remain endlessly grateful that she believed in me long before I fully believed in myself.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible women holding families, children, relationships, and communities together, often far more quietly and selflessly than they are ever properly acknowledged for.

And to the mums, wives, and partners supporting the men they love through stress, burnout, depression, financial pressure, exhaustion, and difficult seasons of life, often while still carrying huge responsibilities of their own, I see you.

I suspect there will be many women across New Zealand today who are not being celebrated nearly as much as they deserve to be.

I’m thinking of you too.

Thank you for everything you do ♥️

There were periods in my life when, despite being a doctor, I was not coping nearly as well as people thought I was.From...
08/05/2026

There were periods in my life when, despite being a doctor, I was not coping nearly as well as people thought I was.

From the outside, things probably looked fine.

But underneath that, life often felt much harder than people realised.

My parents divorced when I was six.

I was bullied at senior school, and at one point the bullying became physical enough to leave me needing stitches to my ear.

As a junior doctor, I experienced workplace bullying in environments where admitting I was struggling did not feel safe.

I burned out more than once.

At one point, I needed counselling myself.

And over the years, like many men, I have experienced periods of significant stress while still trying to hold everything together externally.

Those experiences are part of what shaped Good Man Wellness.

Not because I believe every difficult experience should become a public story.

And not because men need more slogans about “speaking up” (and they certainly don’t need to be told to “man up”).

But because I know how easy it is for men to become isolated while appearing outwardly functional.

I know what it feels like to carry pressure quietly.

The pressure of responsibility.
The pressure of work.
Financial pressure.
Relationship strain.
And the very real pressures and stresses that can come with fatherhood and trying to be everything to everyone around you.

To keep going.
To keep performing.
To keep telling themselves things will improve once the next hurdle passes.

Sometimes what helps is not another slogan or awareness campaign.

Sometimes it starts with something far more human:
Connection.
Community.
Honest conversation.
And being around people who genuinely understand.

That is the kind of space I am trying to help build through Good Man Wellness.

Not a clinic.
Not a place where men have to put on an act.
Not a place where they have to pretend everything is fine.

Just somewhere men can talk honestly, connect meaningfully, and feel less alone.

05/05/2026

Things are starting to take shape.

Over the past six weeks, we’ve started running regular men’s circles in the community.

The Good Man Wellness website has now gone live (www.goodmanwellness.co.nz).

And next week, the Good Man Network will hold its inaugural meeting:

📍 Tauranga Club
📅 Friday 15th May
🕤 9:30 – 11:00am

All of this is part of putting something practical in place.

Consistent, local spaces where men can connect, talk honestly, and access support before things reach crisis.

If you live in or around Merivale, the next men’s circle is this Wednesday.

If you’re based in Tauranga or the wider Bay of Plenty, the first Good Man Network event is on 15th May.

The website sets out what’s coming next (www.goodmanwellness.co.nz/events).

This is about putting the right structures in place, and letting them grow over time.

I’m looking forward to the conversations ahead.

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