Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 28, 2019 3:55:28 GMT 12
GOVERNMENT OPENS SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICE AND COMMITS $12M TO MĀORI AND PACIFIC SUICIDE PREVENTION
The Government has officially opened the country's first-ever Suicide Prevention Office and has also announced an extra $12 million in funding for Māori and Pacific suicide prevention.
In September, the Government announced it would create a Suicide Prevention Office and unveiled a strategy to combat New Zealand's high rate of suicide.
It allocated $40 million to the office, and the new strategy.
The Government announced today that $12 million of that would be spent on Māori and Pacific suicide prevention community fund......