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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.

Hawkesby: You can't call 24/7 helpline and be told clinician is asleep

COMMENT: You summon the courage to call a helpline only to be told clinician is asleep.

Concussion action no-brainer: Greatholder

Doing the right thing when concussion symptoms surface no brainer says Chris Greatholder

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

Mental health patients' stories will give most people sleepless nights, one mother says.

NZ's female youth suicide rate highest in OECD

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

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

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.