This Friday is Pink Shirt Day, an annual event celebrated in many countries around the world, it encourages people to talk about bullying and take action against it.
This Pink Shirt Day, on Friday, May 22, New Zealanders are being asked to Speak Up. Stand Together and Stop Bullying.
Pink Shirt Day has been celebrated in New Zealand since 2009, and each year, the event grows bigger and stronger, reaching more people with positive messages.
This year, the Mental Health Foundation, The Peace Foundation, Family Works, Youthline, InsideOUT Network Aotearoa, Rainbow Youth and the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association have come together to help organise and celebrate Pink Shirt Day.
Pink Shirt Day is about working together to prevent or stop bullying by celebrating people's difference and promoting positive relationships.