Notes

Jimi Hunt is a man who has spent most of his life doing ridiculous things for his own amusement. Things like building the country's biggest Slip 'n' Slide; playing golf through the streets of downtown Auckland; and holding an alternative Summer Olympics including events such as sandcastle building and rhythmic gymnastics. But what none of this successful entrepreneur's friends knew was that Jimi had been silently battling with depression. Not one to sit on his backside, he decided to do something mad about it...like Lilo the Waikato! His crazy story of travelling 425 kilometres down NZ's longest river on a $7 inflatable mattress, followed by over 20,000 Facebook fans, intertwines pearls of wisdom and the odd puncture with plenty of hilarity and hijinks...and the Huka Falls. The adventure was something a little different, something that ended up capturing the imagination of the nation. It was the first time someone was raising awareness for depression that didn't revolve around something depressing!