Submissions close Friday, 1 November 2024 5:00pm.
Suicide prevention efforts in New Zealand are guided by these two documents:
- Every Life Matters – He Tapu te Oranga o ia Tangata: Suicide Prevention Strategy 2019–2029 (He Tapu te Oranga)
- Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2019–2024 for Aotearoa New Zealand.
The strategy contains the framework for a national approach to suicide prevention and was designed to be supported by two five-year action plans that would contain the practical activities to drive change.
The first Suicide Prevention Action Plan, covering 2019–2024, will expire at the end of this year.
The Ministry of Health has led the drafting of a new action plan which is strongly aligned with the Government’s Mental Health portfolio priorities, which in this context are to:
- improve access to suicide prevention and postvention support
- grow a workforce that is able to support those at risk of or impacted by suicide
- strengthen our focus on prevention and early intervention across the range of factors that can influence suicide
- improve the effectiveness of suicide prevention and postvention supports by improving research and data collection.
The draft action plan draws from the insights that communities, families and people with lived experience have shared around what they need from government to prevent suicide, as well as the key evidence and research.
The draft action plan focuses on a range of initiatives and actions that health agencies and government agencies have committed to that will support suicide prevention.
Consultation summary alternative formats
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- Te reo Māori summary (docx, 30 KB)
- Chinese (simplified) summary (docx, 27 KB)
- Chinese (traditional) summary (docx, 27 KB)
- Fijian summary (docx, 34 KB)
- Korean summary (docx, 31 KB)
- Samoan summary (docx, 31 KB)
- Spanish summary (docx, 31 KB)
- Tongan summary (docx, 32 KB)
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We are now interested in hearing your feedback on the draft action plan and how we can work together to prevent suicide in New Zealand. Your feedback will help inform the new Suicide Prevention Action Plan, which is expected to be released in 2025.
The consultation closes at 5pm on Friday 1 November.
You can find out more about our consultation meetings and make an online submission on the Ministry of Health consultation hub.
Complete the consultation online
Information and consultation sessions on Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan Consultation
Two online information sessions were held on Friday 20 September and Tuesday 24 September and covered:
- background to the Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan and how it has been developed
- information about the consultation process and how to get involved
- opportunities for you to ask questions and understand how your feedback will inform the final action plan.
PLEASE NOTE: These sessions were not consultation meetings and were only for sharing information about the consultation.
Next Steps
Following these information sessions, there will be active consultation sessions from Wednesday 25 September to Thursday 31 October 2024.
Register to attend a Suicide Prevention Action Plan consultation session.
More sessions will be added over the next week.
Your participation is important to ensure that the Action Plan reflects the needs and insights of a wide range of stakeholders.
For any questions or further information on consultation sessions, feel free to contact our engagement partner at [email protected].
Publishing information
- Publication date
- Citation
Citation: Ministry of Health. 2024. Draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan for 2025–2029: Public consultation document. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
- ISBN
- 978-1-991075-95-6 (online)
- HP number
- 9090
- Copyright status
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Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.
