Throughout the whānau kōrero engagement, it became clear that whānau do not wish to be passive recipients of our health care system, but active agents. Here are our voices.
More places for youth. More activities. Get all the dealers and beat them out of here
Tane
More rehab services
Tane
We need programmes designed by people who have been there [ex meth users]
Tane
We need to teach kids the old ways. We used to go netting, work on the marae. We didn’t have time to get depressed. We need to spend…
Wahine
Mental health services in remote locations don’t help much. Whānau don’t get much support. They just give them meds and drug them up to be zombies. It’s heartbreaking
Wahine
Depression… we have a lot of that out here
Wahine, Kuia, 76
People need a safe place to go and just talk. People are whakama and shy to talk. Lots of people feel dumb. People end up getting sick through…
Wahine
We need to have a go-to group in our whānau to deal with issues of drugs and alcohol
Tane, Kaumatua, 67
