Suicide

Support services at Otago University are responding to a major increase in calls for help with mental health after a surge of student suicides.

"I had no escape other than releasing my emotional pain in a physical way - sort of to distract myself."

Some Indian students are turning to self-harm or suicide because they are under pressure to get residency and being exploited by unscrupulous employers, a group representing migrant workers says. In…

There were 606 pairs of shoes - each representing a New Zealander lost to suicide - lining the steps of Parliament today.

Neither National nor Labour will commit to a specific target to reduce suicide, but their health spokespeople say 20 percent would be a sensible one.

Momentum around mental health is gathering. But where are the voices of those who will be impacted first-hand by any policy change, asks Jess McAllen. Comments

A mother who lost a child to suicide is calling for urgent change after it was revealed more than 600 New Zealanders took their own lives in the year to June.

The number of people taking their own lives has risen to more than 600 in the year to June, with Māori continuing to have the highest rate.

The government is reconsidering setting a target for reducing suicide rates after facing criticism, but warns it won't be a "magic wand".

Mental health advocate Mike King is criticising a school that sent out a letter to parents last week which named and seemingly blamed a student for committing suicide. Audio

A school principal's assembly talk about suicide was a risky move but well received by the students and their families, he says. Audio