Rangatahi Suicide Prevention
Māori suicide rates are high in Aotearoa. Te Puni Kōkiri is working with other government agencies, expert groups and community organisations to reduce Māori suicide.
Māori Suicide Statistics
Suicide is a major issue that is of real concern to New Zealand whānau and their communities.
Every year approximately over 500 people, many of them Māori, take their own lives by suicide, affecting the lives of many others. These deaths are preventable.
The Chief Coroner releases national provisional suicide statistics each year to help suicide prevention efforts and initiatives undertaken by other agencies. More information can be found here; https://coronialservices.justice.govt.nz/suicide/.
Stories and Videos
Māori suicide rates are high in Aotearoa. Te Puni Kōkiri is working with other government agencies, expert groups and community organisations to reduce Māori suicide. Read more about the way they are sharing prevention messages.
Removing raruraru
Te Taitimu Trust BIG CAMP 2019.
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Working together to build leaders
Te Taitimu Trust BIG CAMP 2019.
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Hawke’s Bay community join forces for rangatahi
Te Taitimu Trust BIG CAMP 2019.
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Growing Māori Leaders
Te Taitimu Trust BIG CAMP 2019.
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Tu Kaha Foundation partners with Te Puni Kōkiri to deliver values programme
Te Puni Kōkiri has partnered with Tu Kaha Foundation to deliver an educational values programme to rangatahi focusing on great decision-making and building resilient leaders through a purpose-built mobile classroom.
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Tu Kaha mobile classroom changing the lives of rangatahi
"It's a mobile classroom. People in Tikitiki or Tolaga Bay or Ruatoki can't come to us, but we can go to them," says Pera Te Amo (Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou), owner and director of Complete Siteworks Limited, and founder of the mobile classroom.
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Au.E! video
Building resilience, self-identity and leadership amongst rangatahi Māori.
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Rangatahi talk about suicide
Rangatahi Māori including takatāpui share their stories.
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Hawkes Bay rangatahi gather for rangatahi suicide prevention
Nearly 150 rangatahi from schools around the Hawkes Bay region attended the third Au.E! rangatahi suicide prevention conference at Pettigrew Green Arena in Napier in June.
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Talking suicide prevention with our rangatahi
Rangatahi from across the Wellington region gathered to talk about the topic of suicide and to show each other that support was out there.
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Te Kaha o te Rangatahi
Encouraging rangatahi to reach out and talk through the 12 week #talktome hip hop dance programme.
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#OutintheOpen
A video message to our rangatahi to talk about how you are feeling to someone you trust
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#MaoriOra
MāoriOra is the first video in a series of suicide prevention online resources. It encourages strength and resilience and celebrates originality.
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#TechTikanga
#TechTikanga is the second video in a series of suicide prevention online resources. It has a strong message about taking care when messaging each other, making posts and sharing images
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#SuicidePrevention
The third video in the series is #SuicidePrevention. It encourages everyone to look, listen and ask the question – Are you OK?
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Funding for Rangatahi Suicide Prevention Initiatives
This initiative focuses on three broad focus areas:
- growing rangatahi leadership - ensuring a by rangatahi for rangatahi approach that is tikanga Maori and whanau centre
- building local capacity and capability
- building evidence-based research and evaluation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Te Puni Kōkiri supporting Rangatahi Māori Suicide Prevention?
Every year approximately over 500 people, many of them Māori, take their own lives by suicide, affecting the lives of many others. These deaths are preventable.The Ministry of Health does not have a specific strategy for dealing with rangatahi Māori suicide rates. Dedicated support from Te Puni Kōkiri fills the gap towards providing resources for rangatahi Māori suicide prevention.
How can suicide prevention organisations get support?
Contact your local Te Puni Kōkiri office.
Other Information about Suicide Prevention
To prevent suicide in New Zealand, it is vital that everyone – individuals, families, whānau, communities, employers, the media and government agencies – work together to promote protective factors and reduce risk factors known to influence suicide. No single initiative or organisation can prevent suicide on its own.
Ministry of Health
We recommend you review the information below from the Ministry of Health to gain a stronger and wider understanding on:
Coronial Services of New Zealand
This website will give you an overview of what you can expect to happen when a death is referred to a coroner. The police must report every suspected suicide to the coroner.
Where to get help
- Lifeline: 0800 543 354
- Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0508 828 865
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Healthline – 0800 611 116
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Youthline – 0800 376 633 or free text 234 or e-mail talk@youthline.co.nz
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Depression Helpline – 0800 111 757 or www.depression.org.nz
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Kidsline – 0800 54 37 54 (aimed at children up to 14 years of age; 4pm to 6pm weekdays)
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Child Helpline – 0800 366 694 (aimed at children from 5 - 18 years of age; 9am - 7pm daily)
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What’s Up – 0800 942 8787 (for 5-18 year olds; 1 pm to 11 pm) or www.whatsup.co.nz (7pm – 10pm)
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Rural Support Trust – 0800 787 254
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Alcohol Drug Helpline – 0800 787 797 or free text 8691
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Samaritans – 0800 726 666 (for callers from the Lower North Island, Christchurch and West Coast) or 0800 211 211 (for callers from all other regions)
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Casper – 0508 227737 (Community Action on Suicide Prevention Education and Research)
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OUTLine NZ - 0800 688 5463 (This provides confidential telephone support for sexuality or gender identity issues)
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The Lowdown – www.thelowdown.co.nz or free text 5626 or email team@thelowdown.co.nz (e-mails and text messages will be responded to between 12 noon and 12 midnight).
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You could also talk to your General Practioner (GP), local health professional or someone you trust.
Events and Updates
Latest events and updates for this section are listed below.
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Investing in our future business leaders and entrepreneurs
Supported by Te Puni Kōkiri and run by Young Enterprise Trust, the Rangatahi Business Challenge is a fun and interactive 3-day introduction to business and enterprise for year 9-11 tauira.
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Te Kuia Me Te Pūngāwerewere
A free children's theatre production performed entirely in te reo Māori.
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RARANGA TAHI 2019
Raranga Tahi is a fun filled day that calls upon the youth of Aotearoa to innovate ways on how to drive Māori language revitalisation in to the future.
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Award winning Māori leadership programme recognised through cadetships
Downer was awarded the Emerging Diversity and Inclusion Award at the 2016 Diversity Awards for their Māori leadership programme. We talk more with Downer about how the Cadetships programme through Te Puni Kōkiri has assisted them along the way.
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Learning on the job is the trick
The biggest Tūhoe civil contractor is helping his people to be the technician, to be the electrician, to be the engineer. Pera Te Amo (Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou) has only just come on board the Cadetship programme but we catch up to discuss the work that is bringing pride to him and his whānau.
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