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![Grieving parents: We want justice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Grieving parents: We want justice
The parents of a teenage girl who police believe was bullied into taking her own life have made a plea for justice.
![Mateship important in mine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mateship important in mine
A Kiwi mining safety expert says the trapped Chilean miners will need to create a community.
![Women told they must man up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Women told they must man up
Behaving more like men could help women boost their sex lives, eat healthier and stress less.
![Little support for families hit by suicide - mother](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Little support for families hit by suicide - mother
A mother whose son committed suicide says families are often left on their own when dealing with the suicide of a loved one.
![Baby in bath mum guilty of manslaughter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Baby in bath mum guilty of manslaughter
A mother has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her 13-month-old baby son after she left him in a deep bath for at least 15 minutes and he toppled over and drowned.
![Mother attempted suicide after baby drowned, court told](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mother attempted suicide after baby drowned, court told
A mum on trial for the murder of her baby denies intentionally drowning the 13-month-old, saying accusations she was a murderer were "not true".
![Bath deep to keep baby warm, accused mother tells court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bath deep to keep baby warm, accused mother tells court
A woman accused of deliberately leaving her baby boy to drown has told a court she ran the bath deep because she wanted to keep him warm.
![Baby-in-bath murder accused had bipolar, court told](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Baby-in-bath murder accused had bipolar, court told
A woman accused of leaving her baby boy to drown in the bath suffered from bipolar disorder and was having a severe depressive episode at the time of his death, the woman's lawyer said today.
![Baby-death trial told of mother's tragic past](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Baby-death trial told of mother's tragic past
Her mother burned to death in a fire. Her aunt died after falling from a building and she was sexually abused a year after her father died in a plane crash.
![Minister backs Coroner on suicide debate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Minister backs Coroner on suicide debate
Peter Dunne says he's "very open" to the Chief Coroner's suggestion there needs to be greater openness around the reporting of suicide.
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Call for mental health privacy review
Wellington coroner Ian Smith has called for a review of the Privacy Act in his findings on the suicide of a young university student two years ago.
![Suicide after text advice to stop medication](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Suicide after text advice to stop medication
A young man committed suicide after his counsellor told him by text message not to take his medication, provided he was undergoing regular counselling.
![Changes made after schizophrenic woman's death - DHB](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Changes made after schizophrenic woman's death - DHB
A coroner has told the ADHB to ensure mental health unit patients get the same standard of medical care as those in general wards, after a schizophrenic woman, 60, died.
![<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Work - it's enough to make you sick](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Work - it's enough to make you sick
Everyone needs the occasional mental health day, so do your duty and get under the duvet.