Proposal

For this project I will be looking at suicide and the problems around suicide in NZ. The causes of suicide are not all the similar. Suicide is a huge issue in NZ that is hidden from the public. NZ media/ news are not report any suicides in NZ which causes people to be unaware of the problem. NZ has the highest youth suicide rates for a developed country. This says a lot about the many systems that we have here in NZ. There are many campaigns that offer comfort and support to those who are going through depression and such, but then why is NZ so high up in the stats of youth suicide. We must be doing something wrong aren't we? Most campaigns in NZ wait for the victim to contact them but by then it's too late. Studies show that Maori/ Polynesian are more likely to commit suicide than the average person. Government spends around $1.6 billion every year on suicide prevention but it is not helping. The problem here is children are disconnected, though they are living and breathing they are disconnected from the things around them. In the beginning of 2017, the New Zealand government put out a suicide prevention strategy which according to Mike King, "It's rubbish".