are making a difference for
Maori and
Maori and Pasifika communities.
Thank you. Jenny Salesa. Thank you,
essentially the fiscal cut this Government has
services. Mr Speaker, more
importantly, what we see, very sadly
people. This cut
people. This cut, the
people who are feeling the full effect of this
cut are the people
trying to access our mental health services. The
services. The number of people who are accessing or trying
mental health services, Mr Speaker,
Speaker, since 2008. It
unacceptable that while there's been an increase, a huge
increase, in those who are
mental health services, Mr Speaker,
at the same time
funding cuts.
Mr Speaker, what is also
unacceptable is what we saw earlier
on today. The response of the Minister of Health,
the Hon Jonathan Coleman, saying that
actually came and presented the People's Mental Health reportto
Parliament yesterday,
People's Mental Health reportto
very left wing, antigovernment
who compiled this report,
of the party affiliation they
they're 500 people who actually sent in how they experienced mental
health services. Of that 500,
when they
health. Only
spoke about positive experiences
our mental health services. Mr Speaker, we are also here as
Members of Parliament
Many of us are voted in by people from our electorate and
voted in because
because our
that role
people are actually telling us that
they are hurting. When over 500
people are telling us that the
mental health services in New
Zealand isn't working for them, we We also had an addition to
people,
people, 12,800 people who signed
petition, they signed it because
they are calling
services. They
public mental health services, Mr
Speakerment the four recommendations made by the People's Mental Health
Report, and I must
we support the fact that we should
restore the Men talt Health Commission. We think
Health Commission
been gotten
recommendation we support
should have
programme. We think that once we restore the
Commission, this is one of the
things that the
Health Commission
The report also calls for an inquiry
identify where and what the most
need is forfunding. We supportthat
we should look into an inquiry about this. And the last, which
we also applaud, from the
Health Report is the fact they're
for mental health
Mr Speaker, in February of last year
there was a
million for
million for mental health services. And after that call was
several people actually came to
Parliament and we believe, because
of that, the Government backing tred and they gave back 20 million,
especially to cant
Mr Speaker, a few weeks ago we had meetings with
of these
of these teachers were from Canterbury. They were
telling me that as teachers now of 7
and
who are still
earthquakes and
questioning why is it that it is so
hard for
hard for them as teachers
these children
services. We have a responsibility
all of
all of our people,
Canterbury, as
service folks who are just trying to access services. When parents
tell us that it is only
suicide that they access
there's something
with that,
shouldn't have to say they're suicidal before they access mental
health services. Mr Speaker, it is an exciting to
9th Budget. Of course, building on the fact
the fact that we've had some
Why can we do
because this is a Government that
growing at over
continued to diversify our economy and create jobs,