I’m doing it to help young people

September 2022

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Ash Flintoff is raising money to fund counselling for young people. After 32 weeks of the Walk1200km  challenge, Ash Flintoff says he’s the fittest  he’s been in 20 years. The 58-year-old plumbing firm manager started last November, and by clocking up an average of 5km every day on tracks near his Dunedin home, he’s already […]
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