Statements

Joint submission on the updated Guidelines to the Mental Health Act 1992

A letter urgining Police Minister Stuart Nash to immediately stop the trials of armed police in our communities.

The Mental Health Foundation strongly opposes the introduction of armed police to Aotearoa New Zealand.

For World Suicide Prevention Day 2019, we welcome New Zealand’s new suicide prevention strategy – Every Life Matters.

38 of 40 Mental Health Foundation recommendations have received Government support, at least in principle.

Following Friday’s terrorist attack, many people have speculated that the terrorist must have been mentally ill.

The Mental Health Foundation is aware of increasing public concern about assaults on staff in mental health units.

The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand welcomes He Ara Oranga, the Mental Health Inquiry’s report to the Minister of Health and is today calling for the Government to get on with making the changes urgently required to transform mental health in New Zealand.