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Les Mills made sweating feel strangely New Zealand
Les Mills Snr was an Olympian, a mayor and the name behind one of New Zealand’s most recognisable global fitness stories. But the more interesting legacy is cultural: he helped turn strength, discipline and showing up into something ordinary people could build a life around.
Interview
Everyone talks about leaving. Staying is the story
New Zealand is very good at producing ambitious people, then acting surprised when they leave. The better story is not the brain drain, but the founders, artists, designers and operators who stay anyway and try to build something here before the country has decided they matter.
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