Mental Health Awareness

It's Mental Health Awareness Week in New Zealand and the theme this year is 'Explore your way to wellbeing'.

New Zealand's Ministry of Health says more Pacific people suffer from mental disorders than other ethnic groups.

Ms Kailahi, who helped produce the documentary My Father's Kingdom, says the film concerns mental wellbeing and resiliency.

Mapa Puloka has been speaking at the country's first mental health symposium aimed at creating awareness of the sector.

RNZI reports Dr Puloka said there were about 10 patients in the psychiatric ward when he first started working there over 20 years ago but now there are about 40.

He said since one of his patients killed another in August, a number of changes have been implemented.