Te Hiringa Mahara, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, is calling for an end to enforced mental health treatment.
A new report shows the standard six-month-long Compulsory Community Treatment Orders leave patients unable to make informed decisions around their care.
The orders are three times more likely to be enforced on Māori.
Te Hiringa Mahara Board chair Hayden Wano spoke to Charlotte Cook.
