As a stand against Aotearoa’s painful suicide statistics in which males are significantly overrepresented, No Small Talk was birthed out of a desire to get men talking about the reality beyond lad culture and harmful stereotypes in our country. Each dinner series included 3-4 guest speakers, who bravely and openly shared their lived experience with masculinity, relationships, sex, career, substance abuse and emotions - to an audience of men and those that care about them. Our aim was to create a safe environment to talk about what is really going on, how complex this issue truly is and shine light on the many ways to find hope or seek help.