#47 - Silver Linings
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In this episode Rua Puia talks about the devastating effects of losing a loved one to suicide and how it tore a community and his family apart with grief and sadness. In 1994 Rua's brother Darryl committed suicide in the back yard of his family home, Rua was the one to find him. Rua also talks about dealing his battles with leukaemia and depression.
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