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![Mental health patient drowned 'searching for Taylor Swift'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mental health patient drowned 'searching for Taylor Swift'
A grieving mother questioned whether her son's privacy was worth more than his life.
![Series of failures identified after mental health unit death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Series of failures identified after mental health unit death
A grieving mother is considering a police complaint over her son's suicide death.
![Hawkesby: Enough roadshows, let's get cracking on mental health services](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hawkesby: Enough roadshows, let's get cracking on mental health services
COMMENT: Health experts warn that every moment delayed has an impact on people's lives.
![Letters: Cold comfort for bus travellers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Cold comfort for bus travellers
Surely coach travellers are worthy of a better facility, not some throwback to the 1940s.
![Mental health and addiction sector awaits Budget](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mental health and addiction sector awaits Budget
Devil in the detail, and in the Budget, mental health and addiction services say.
![New mental health commission subject of fresh claim by Nats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New mental health commission subject of fresh claim by Nats
Slow leak of information from National continues ahead of Budget.
![Editorial: Much riding on Govt's mental health response](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: Much riding on Govt's mental health response
EDITORIAL: Hopes a new commission will be first step in transformational change.
![Mental health crisis: 'We're at a point where we need ... a clear plan of action'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mental health crisis: 'We're at a point where we need ... a clear plan of action'
There are big hopes for the Government's mental health inquiry response and the Budget.
![Hosking: Nothing will come from another mental health inquiry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hosking: Nothing will come from another mental health inquiry
COMMENT: It's the same tired series of so-called experts saying the same old tired things.
![A new Health Minister, a new direction on youth suicide](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
A new Health Minister, a new direction on youth suicide
New health minister David Clark is interviewed on youth suicide by David Fisher.
![Emotional plea for mental health inquiry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Emotional plea for mental health inquiry
Mental health patients' stories will give most people sleepless nights, one mother says.
![MP's husband admits money saga](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MP's husband admits money saga
The husband of Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says he resigned as the head of the Mental Health Commission in 2008 after using commission money for personal spending.
![ACC said rape pain not enough, alleged victim says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ACC said rape pain not enough, alleged victim says
Just days after being raped by a stranger, a woman received a letter from ACC saying her pain wasn't enough to deserve counselling, she says.
![ACC failing to help most sex abuse victims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ACC failing to help most sex abuse victims
Almost 90 per cent of ACC claims for sex abuse counselling have been turned down or held for more information since rule changes last October.