Are acts of kindness universal? The Kiwi setting off to find out.

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 1 October 2025

At the start of this year Hamilton's Herman Jagpal set himself an ambitious goal - to share 365 days of kindness. 

Each day he asks someone at random to help him with a fun task, that could be handing out flowers or inviting strangers to dinner. 

He documents the whole process on Instagram as "Daily Rejection".

Where he noticed a regular comment was "This would only work in New Zealand"

So, to see if that's true, today he sets off on a 30-day world tour.

Herman Jagpal set out to be rejected on every single day of 2025 and each day he adds the video to his Instagram account: @dailyrejections.

Herman Jagpal set out to be rejected on every single day of 2025 and each day he adds the video to his Instagram account: @dailyrejections. Photo: Supplied