The 29-year-old is an award-winning director, co-founder of the suicide prevention organisation Voices of Hope, and received the Commonwealth Points of Light award from the late Queen Elizabeth II for her advocacy work.
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February 18, 2021
By TRACEY ROXBURGH
King Beats organiser Brendan Mulcahy says he’s ‘‘having a nightmare’’ with the Kingston
festival, planned for this Saturday, in light of the uncertainty around Covid-19.
Last year’s event saw ‘‘a bit of bad luck’’ with a storm softening ticket sales.
While the weather held for the overnight event, a deluge arrived early the morning after and caused carnage.
‘‘The guys building the stage were stuck in Kingston for a week because roads were closed.
‘‘This year was the year to come back and everything was looking amazing … until [Sunday].’’
Now in its fifth year, the event’s raised close to $40,000 for a variety of charities including the Wakatipu Youth Trust, Happiness House, Athol’s volunteer fire brigade and Garston Primary School.