29 Oct 2018

Royal couple 'down to earth' - Ezekiel Raui

From Morning Report, 7:30 am on 29 October 2018

A young Māori leader will meet the Duke and Duchess of Sussex again today. But this time on home turf. Ezekiel Raui had a private audience with Harry and Meghan in June after winning one of the Queen's Young Leaders Awards last year. He was nominated for his work around leadership and mental health and now works with the Key to Life Charitable Trust, the Mike King-led organisation which aims to reduce the country's suicide rate to zero. Susie Ferguson spoke to him before he boarded his flight to Wellington to meet the royal couple at Maranui Cafe in Lyall Bay. He says the Royals' focus on youth and mental health will have a huge impact on New Zealand.