{"id":5037,"date":"2019-02-07T09:14:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theaccountinghub.co.nz\/?post_type=testimonial&p=5037"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:28:05","slug":"richie-hardcore","status":"publish","type":"testimonial","link":"https:\/\/theaccountinghub.co.nz\/testimonial\/richie-hardcore\/","title":{"rendered":"Richie Hardcore: PMA till I\u2019m DOA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Underneath a seemingly hard exterior lies a sensitive, gentle soul with an important message. Richie Hardcore<\/a>, a self-described pragmatic idealist, is a vocal advocate for social change and mental health campaigner.<\/p>\n

Living by the maxim \u2018PMA till I\u2019m DOA\u2019 (positive mental attitude till I\u2019m dead on arrival) gives you a few clues about this deep and interesting public figure and successful businessman.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

Growing up in West Auckland with first hand experience of street and family violence and alcohol abuse, Richie describes himself then as a scared kid and an angry teenager. When his friends started drinking and doing drugs, something told Richie \u2018nah, I\u2019m not doing that\u2019.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t an easy road to follow, there was incessant peer pressure but he was staunch in his commitment to stay away from binge drinking as a teenager, instead opting for martial arts and punk rock, welcoming the positive ideas from these communities that allowed him to be different.<\/p>\n

Martial arts meets punk rock<\/h3>\n

The structure and discipline of his martial arts, which he got into in his early teens, was a much- needed contrast to his troubled home life and environment.<\/p>\n

The punk rock and hardcore music scene, complete with tattoos and an openly anti-drinking message, also helped shape the person he was becoming.<\/p>\n

At the age of 17 Richie Hardcore started Muay Thai Boxing and by the time he was 20 he was on his way to winning a bunch of titles. He carried on as a professional competitive fighter right through to his early 30s. He started coaching while competing and continues to coach now. That is just one of the many strings to his bow.<\/p>\n

Educator and advocate<\/h3>\n

While Richie chose to leave much of his distressing childhood behind him, the strength he gained from his martial arts and music have allowed him to help others who come from similar backgrounds. Making up with his Dad (now sober) was the first step.<\/p>\n

Committed to changing the status quo in relation to sexual and physical violence, self-harm, suicide and homicide as well as attitudes to masculinity; Richie spends much of his time talking to young people at schools and people of all ages at community events, speaking engagements, conferences, and through social media.<\/p>\n

A Ted Talk \u2018It\u2019s Not Men, It\u2019s Masculinity\u2019 is just one of the high profile events he has been engaged in.<\/p>\n

Other achievements<\/h3>\n

But it doesn\u2019t end there, Richie Hardcore has also worked with the Ministry of Health in drug harm prevention; he\u2019s a board member at White Ribbon New Zealand; he\u2019s a Ministry of Social Development \u2018It\u2019s Not Ok\u2019 Champion, working to end men\u2019s violence against women; he\u2019s worked as a radio host at Auckland\u2019s bFM radio and NewsTalk ZB; and notably he holds a post graduate honours degree from the University of Auckland (Political Science & Spanish).<\/p>\n

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\"Richie<\/p>\n

Richie meets TAH<\/h3>\n

All of this may have you wondering what the connection is with accounting and The Accounting Hub. Quite a lot actually.<\/p>\n

While much of his work is pro-bono, Richie Hardcore runs a successful business, Hardcore Ltd<\/a>. This involves his coaching and personal training work, his new gym and his paid speaking engagements.<\/p>\n

Recognising that he needed more help with the financial side of his business, a friend who had being doing his accounts undertook online research looking for a \u2018proper accountant\u2019 who would understand his idiosyncrasies. The Accounting Hub was the chosen accounting firm.<\/p>\n

She said, \u2018they will take most of the work out of it for you.’<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not very good with money. I\u2019m ok with earning it, I\u2019m not very good a keeping it. I\u2019m good at the front-facing, public stuff, not so good at the behind-the-scenes stuff. The Accounting Hub really help me, they really take the stress out of it for me. I\u2019m busy, they do stuff in the background. They keep me ahead of my game for taxes so I\u2019m not paying penalties.<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew\u2019s always very affable and that\u2019s important to me. I\u2019m an affable person and if I don\u2019t get a good feeling about someone, then I\u2019m like, nah this isn\u2019t going to work. I\u2019m quite crazy\u2026 the Muay Thai, the hardcore\u2026 it wasn\u2019t going to work with your normal f**ken boring accountant.<\/em><\/p>\n

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