Last week, the Ministry of Justice released provisional annual suicide figures, for the year to 30 June 2018. Within the year there were 668 suicides. This included 142 Māori suicides, two-thirds being males. The Māori suicide rate was 23 per 100,000 people. This is much higher than other ethnic groups,
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