We need to know more about what’s behind NZ's dire youth-suicide rate
by Marc Wilson / 19 July, 2018
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About a year ago, the Government invited consultation on the draft suicide-prevention strategy, to replace the one that passed its best-before date in 2016. The preamble notes that this is important, because our youth rates are the highest in the OECD, and the burden falls heavily on Māori and Pasifika peoples.