The coronial process and whānau voice after suspected rangatahi suicide w/ Professors Antonia Lyons and Clive Aspin: 2nd of September, 2026
Before we start, we’d just like to warn that this story mentions youth suicide. Aotearoa New Zealand has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the OECD. For rangatahi Māori in particular, multiple overlapping determinants such as structural racism and discrimination have contributed to greater rates of psychological distress and suicide. Coroners, and coronial services, play an important role in producing findings that deter our national suicide statistics and in making recommendations underpinning suicide prevention strategies. However, the coronial process, following the suspected…
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