NZ’s Suicide Deaths are the Highest Since Records Began; and the Closure of Relationships Aotearoa

This is mental health week 2015, and we’re sorry to report that New Zealand’s annual suicide figures are now the highest since records began in 2007 Nationally there were 564 suicides in the year to July 1. This total was 35 more than the previous year and the highest number of deaths since records started in…

Killing Of Gaynor White Highlights Mental Health Issues In New Zealand

Today’s Sunday Star times is carrying a story that tells how the family of Shaun Skilling, the man accused of the hammer murder of 62 year old Gaynor White, pleaded for him to be admitted to a mental health facility. Shaun Skilling’s family told told the newspaper they’d contacted the police, worried that he may…