In case you missed something, here are our most read stories for the month.
1 - INFOGRAPHIC: SUICIDE STATISTICS
- Northland: 28
- Waitemata: 63
- Auckland: 48
- Counties Manukau: 47
- Waikato: 49
- Bay of Plenty: 32
- Tairawhiti: 13
- Lakes: 10
- Taranaki: 19
- Hawkes's Bay: 29
- Whanganui: 8
- Mid Central: 27
- Wairarapa: 9
- Hutt: 16
- Capital and Coast: 30
- Nelson Marlborough: 18
- West Coast: 7
- Canterbury: 61
- South Canterbury: 8
- Southern: 42
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Too many people take their life each year in New Zealand. Here’s a breakdown of the numbers that paint a sobering picture of a crucial social issue.
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New Zealand's suicide rate spiked again last year and those on the frontline - parents, friends and health workers - say more help is needed to prevent deaths.
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What happens when the invisible cord between a mother and her newborn turns into a barrier to the outside world? Holly Walker shares her experience with postnatal anxiety.
4 - MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS ARE BEING LOCKED UP WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE
Photo: llustration: Rhianna Mccormick-Burns
Mental health services are supposed to avoid locking patients up in isolation - also known as seclusion. But it still happens.
5 - THE PENCILSWORD: 10,000 PEOPLE I LOVE
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There’s lots to love at music festivals, but some people only make things worse.
6 - LIVE BLOG: LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2016
Upfront for the start of St Jerome's Laneway Festival at Silo Park. Photo: RNZ/Diego Opatowski
The Wireless and RNZ’s Music 101 teamed up for full coverage of St Jerome's Laneway Festival in Auckland. Here's how it happened.
7 - SHINING A LIGHT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
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Journalist Jess McAllen writes about the challenges she faced during her investigation and the reaction to her stories for #MentalHealthMatters.
Photo: Illustration: Giselle Clarkson
What’s it like when you lose your grip on reality? Charlotte-Rose Ruddell writes about her journey into psychosis, and coming back out the other side.
9 - WHAT ARE THE BEST AND WORST PAID PROFESSIONS IN NZ?
Should student loans be interest free? Photo: 123rf
New figures show that some tertiary courses leave graduates worse off than if they had never studied at all.
10 - I'M NOT CRAZY, I'M EXQUISITELY SENSITIVE
"To really break down the stigma surrounding BPD people really need to stop looking at is as 'the other'." Photo: Supplied
A story about life with borderline personality disorder.
