Suicide

A former coroner is at the helm of the new Suicide Prevention Office - and she is talking openly about suicide. But is there a better plan in place to get our shocking figures down?  Audio

Data released from New Zealand's largest annual health survey shows that our drinking culture is continuing to move in the wrong direction. Alcohol Healthwatch Executive Director Dr Nicki Jackson says… Audio

Rural doctors, nurses, and business have met with the health minister this week to press home health issues affecting people living in the country side and smaller towns. Our guest this week is a GP… Audio

Dilip Jeste is a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at UC San Diego and director of the UCSD Center for Healthy Aging, and he's challenging people to take another look at their perceptions of… Audio

The government says suicide is a "national tragedy" and wants to tackle it with a new prevention office. Last year 685 people took their own lives and the government says it's determined to reduce the… Audio

Cal Newport's latest book Digital Minimalism calls out our enslavement to digital devices. He explains why there is nothing natural about the engineered behaviour of checking your phone every five… Audio

Dr Xand van Tulleken joins the show to discuss his new documentary Stopping Male Suicide and why his brother now regularly calls him to ask if he's thinking about ending his life. Audio

There were 685 suicides in the year to June. Seventeen more than last year. And each of those deaths has a huge ripple effect. Geoff Booth lost his son Liam to suicide. Geoff joins the panel to… Audio

Māori suicide prevention workers say they are undervalued and underfunded and they're pleading for more support as Māori suicide rates reach record highs.

New figures show 685 people in Aotearoa… Video, Audio

New figures show New Zealand's suicides have risen to an all-time high of 685, 17 more than last year. Shaun Robinson from the Mental Health Foundation joins the panel to chat about the causes, and… Audio

Suicide rates have risen yet again - with 685 people dying by suicide in the past year. That's 17 more lives lost.

Arthur Harawira lost his son to suicide when he was just 15 years old, and though it… Audio

The Māori Council has described the latest suicide statistics as a 'rolling train wreck'. The figures were released officially late on Monday afternoon after the Council broke the Chief Coroner's… Video, Audio

Suicide rates have risen yet again - with 685 people dying by suicide in the past year - that's 17 more lives lost.

The number of Māori taking their own lives has increased 19 percent on the year… Video, Audio

Otago University Professor of Primary Healthcare, Tony Dowell, talks about research in the U.S which pointed to a drop in male suicides when there was an increase in the minimum wage. He has… Audio

Another controversial Netflix production with graphic content has sneaked through New Zealand classification, before being changed, as the government considers rule changes. Following viewer concerns… Audio

The foster parents of a young man with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, who is believed to have killed himself in a mental health unit last month, say the human rights of disabled people are being… Video, Audio

Bret Easton Ellis has spent most of his career causing controversy. He's doing it all over again with latest book, White.  He speaks to Jim about his latest work and why he's targeted millennials. Audio

Dr Natalia D'Souza speaks to Jim about the ways bullying in the workplace can be dealt with and how good leaders could be trained to effectively deal with the problem which is showing no signs of… Audio