Suicide

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

A multi-billion dollar industry has sprung up around mental health and wellness. Have the efforts to raise awareness been too successful?  Audio

There's growing concern for the mental health and wellbeing of doctors and medical specialists navigating a stressed health sector. In an editorial published in the NZ Medical Journal today, burnout… Audio

For more than two weeks an inquest into the death of a Palmerston North mental health ward patient has examined events leading to his suspected suicide.

Today, the hearing was told about a different… Audio

The new documentary Ithaka documents 76-year-old John Shipton's campaign to free his son, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Shipton joins the show to discuss Ithaka and why he'll never give up on his… Video, Audio

The recent death of entrepreneur Jake Millar  - at the age of 26 - prompted an angry backlash against the media - over coverage of his failed venture Unfiltered. Some in business cited tall poppy… Audio

Parliament spent a long time this week debating an auditing problem. We give that debate a short audit and hear from MPs on suicide prevention. Audio

This week at Parliament: Covid-19 orders, extending time for audits, and a debate on the Zero Suicide Aotearoa report.  Audio

Men's Health Week ambassador Greg Murphy is calling on New Zealand men to take care of their health and "find the time" to get regular medical check-ups, as a part of the build-up to this year's… Audio

An 82 year old Matamata man has been given home detention over the attempted murder of his wife in a suicide pact.

Roy Morton pleaded guilty in the High Court in Hamilton and has been sentenced to… Audio

Statistics from the Chief Coroner show one hundred and sixty one construction workers may have died from suicide between 2017 to 2020. The construction industry has the highest suicide numbers for any… Audio

Professor Bruce Greyson is the world's leading expert on near-death experiences. His search for answers is chronicled in his new book After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about… Audio

Otago University researchers are calling for a new perspective for suicide prevention strategies and interventions. Audio

Rappers are at the forefront of opening up the mental health conversation, with a new study showing that over the past 20 years, the lyrics of the most popular rap songs have been increasingly hitting… Video, Audio

New Zealander Linda Collins has lived every parent's worst nightmare - the death by suicide of her 17-year-old daughter. Her life was shattered when she woke one Monday morning to find her daughter… Audio