CHECK OUT how we’ve been sparking chats!
Sparking chats WITH
ISRAEL ADESANYA
RECENTLY ON OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TOUR, WE HAD THE ABSOLUTE PLEASURE OF OPENING THE SPACE AND SPARKING THAT CHAT AT CITY KICK BOXING WITH KIWI LEGEND ISRAEL ADESANYA, MULTI-TIME UFC WORLD CHAMPION AND JUST AN ALL-ROUND TOP BLOKE. HE IS HELPING TO LEAD THE WAY FOR PEOPLE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
Watch the full interview below:
Future Generations Tour
The SPARK THAT CHAT Future Generations Tour
WE DID IT 3,880 KM // ALL 9 REGIONS OF THE NORTH ISLAND IN 16 DAYS // FUTURE GENERATIONS TOUR 2025
As we sit at the finish line of this tour looking over the beautiful Gisborne east coast as a team, all sorts of emotions pass through the mind… grateful, humble and proud being afew of the feelings. The amount of incredible people we’ve met along the way, wisdom shared, 4,000+ students connected with, the amazing outdoors & waves we’ve passed through and got to enjoy, the hours and hours of 6 months of preparation/organisation to now sit & reflect on making a dream become a reality.
We’re here to help people the best way we know how, with what we know, with the skills our team has, through life experiences, to be able to express & showcase people from all walks of life, to embrace & learn from one another. Story telling and sharing those tools that help each of us be our best selves & manage the times when life hits hard. Not just going through life, but GROWING through life.
Te tangata te tangata te tangata - it is the people, it is the people, it is the people.
Mental health matters every day, but in March we go all out to make sure people hear that message loud and clear. This tour is just part of what we do - our mission is to keep these conversations going all year round. This tour is part of our 5th annual STC X MSFTS campaign running for the month of March & has been since 2021. We appreciate everyone that’s shown support & come along for the ride, it’s meant heaps to us & gases the team up for more.
A very special thanks goes to the team that made this tour what it was @oscar.hetherington (photographer/co-director) @gordyduff_ (filmer/editor/co-director) @jackk_jensenn (the dreamer) Sam Michau (lead coms/logistics) Greyser (pure talent)
CUT THE BULL
CUT THE BULL LETS SPARK THAT CHAT RURAL NZ/AUZ CAMPAIGN.
$20,970 RAISED TO HELP CUT THE BULL & SAVE LIVES ❤️🔥🙌🏼
A massive thanks goes to everyone out there that got amongst & supported our ‘CUT THE BULL LETS SPARK THAT CHAT’ campaign over mens health week by purchasing the special range of hoodies we made to do exactly what it says. The support nationwide, even over the ditch from Australia & Canada was humbling & so awesome to see.
This started as an idea & quickly turned into what it became over the weeks, which has been incredible to see the ripples spread far & wide across NZ rural communities bringing people together. We have been so stoked to receive messages of people’s stories & support for @spark_that_chat & really believing in what we are set out to do in our own way. Creating extraordinary spaces to ultimately help save lives.
It’s a massive honour to be apart of this incredible community & we’ll continue to do what we can to help people as long as we are breathing! These funds will allow us to continue the work we are doing to create spaces & help educate the masses that come across what we do.
A special thanks goes to @nzfarming for helping back us & this campaign with your platform & community alone it’s been a huge help to connect to the people we are set out to help as much as we can. Max from @hallmarkangus what a beauty ae, from an idea to a full movement within 6 weeks of thinking about it - it’s powerful when you get the right people together to dream something up & do whatever you can to make magic happen. @msft_productions thanks for always backing our core purpose & preaching what we believe in helping in whatever way you can.
Let’s keep the ball rolling we can’t wait to see you all out there living your best lives in your hoodies, make sure to get stories up & tag us in your content we always love to see it #sparkthatchat 🗣️❤️🔥🙌🏼
STC X MSFTS X NZ MUSIC FESTIVAL RUN
Le currents x bay dreams x sound splash
WHAT AN AMAZING CAMPAIGN 🇳🇿🗣️❤️🔥🙌🏼
We teamed up with @audiology_touring @lecurrents_nz @baydreams_nz @soundsplashnz & @msft_productions with the objective;
To ultimately encourage opening up conversation between mates and normalising the nitty gritty chats that have to be had in life to help each other through tough times - showing it can be a super power you can use in your daily lives.
These content pieces are not only super inspiring and capturing but hugely relatable. So you can imagine anyone watching the clips can take something from it by relating to another person or an artist they admire speaking about mental health & tools they utilise (we are all human and we all go through hard times) so let’s help each other out.
Conclusion:
These total numbers are HUGEE!! The team absolutely smashed it, a whole lot of work went into this in front and behind the camera. It was incredible to have such epic, real, relatable, powerful & fun conversations with so many people from all walks of life across NZ. We are so proud to reflect on these numbers and the raw amount of individuals we created the space to spark that chat to (even at high energy music festivals) and the people that watched and got involved from home, the feedback & messages have been awesome. Incredibly humbling and we are so stoked to just be a piece of the puzzle to help save lives & people thrive.
A huge thanks to everyone that had the courage to spark that chat with us, were their real authentic selves, showed vulnerability, shared stories and gave tools to help others - bloody legends + our team @caamzie @dirtfacee @l_dog_mast3r & @jackk_jensenn for getting out there and doing it!
All interviews are available to watch in our reels.
Conversations can save lives, look after yourself, look after your mates - Spark That Chat ❤️
