Just $15 million of the $500 million allocated to build or upgrade 12 mental health facilities has so far been spent by the government.
Mass overhauls were promised in 2019 to upgrade facilities described as old and overcrowded, but as of two weeks ago, only nine of the twelve projects funded have had any money spent on them.
Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission chief executive Karen Orsborn spoke to Craig McCulloch.
