29 Nov 2018

Mental health advocate furious over 21-member panel

From Morning Report, 6:15 am on 29 November 2018

The government has enraged mental health advocates by appointing top bureaucrats to advise on how to deal with the Mental Health inquiry. A 21-member leadership team has been set up to respond to the inquiry's 200 page report which has yet to be made public. Critics of the move include Matthew Tukaki, an anti-suicide campaigner and chair of the National Maori Authority who explains to our reporter Phil Pennington why he is so angry.