Matthew Tukaki
Govt's suicide prevention plan 2 years late
Today, on world suicide prevention day, the Prime Minister and Health Minister will announce a suicide prevention plan. It comes just two weeks after we found out suicide rates in New Zealand had… Audio
Freshwater plans leave Māori wanting
Māori leaders say the government's latest freshwater plans don't go far enough and fail to deal with the pressing issue of Māori water rights. The Action Plan for Healthy Waterways aims to restore… Audio
Māori suicides a national disgrace - Matthew Tukaki
Suicide rates have risen yet again - with 685 people dying by suicide in the past year - that's 17 more lives lost.
The number of Māori taking their own lives has increased 19 percent on the year… Video, Audio
Māori Council calls for more help for kaumātua
The Māori Council is calling for more to be done for kaumatua. The council points to data that shows Māori reach retirement with a plethora of undiagnosed conditions and lower than average life… Audio
Maori Council calls for Royal Commission into Pharmac
The Maori Council's calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Pharmac and the way it's funded. This comes just after our series 'Life or Death under Pharmac' where 15 people shared their stories… Audio
Youth in police cells a direct Treaty breach - Māori Council
An executive director of the Māori Council says holding young people in police cells is a breach of the treaty of Waitangi.
The latest figures show almost 200 young offenders were held in police… Audio
Suicide: How do you know when someone is struggling?
He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero. (What is the food of the leader? It is knowledge. It is communication.) The Māori Council is trying to teach people how to recognise when… Audio
Common solution needed for Māori kids in state care - Tukaki
The Maori Council is questioning why so many Māori children end up in care and get abused, and is calling on not only the government, but whānau to find answers. The council says tamariki are… Audio
'Māori nationalist groups' staff should be sacked - Tukaki
The Māori Council says the public servant who singled out 'Māori nationalist groups' as a violent threat to the public should be sacked. The New Zealand Herald reports that minutes from a meeting of… Audio
Culture change needed in SOE leadership - Maori Council
The Maori Council says a culture change is needed to boost Maori representation at the top of State Owned Enterprises. It says of the 77 directors on the boards governing SOEs in New Zealand, only six… Audio
Mental health advocate furious over 21-member panel
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… Audio
NZ suicide prevention strategy expired in 2016 - Matthew Tukaki
A suicide prevention expert says it's no surprise communities north of Wellington feel unsupported, after a spate of sudden deaths in recent months. Ōtaki has had four suspected suicides since… Audio
Turning the Tide on Suicide - part two
We meet people who have lost whanau to suicide and others who work in their community to promote awareness and empower young people - Haley Grace-Hollis, Colin Taare, Matthew Tukaki and Ngahihi o te… Audio
Matthew Tukaki - the United Nations and sustainability
Executive Chairman and CEO of the Sustain Group, and Chair of the United Nations Global Compact Local Network Advisory Group, reporting from New York on the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit. Audio
