mental health | new zealand

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COMMENT

Kiwis work the second longest hours in the world, second only to Nippon.

In Japan, there is a concept of hiroshi, or death from overwork. In New Zealand Incoporated, however, there is no recognition of such a concept.

Just "overwhelming" response to a national icon, a rugby player, confessing on TV, as part of an awareness campaign, to depression. So far, no media have taken the trouble to compare health or other aspects of the world's two hardest working, most free-market economies.

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