I notice she has been remanded to a secure facility, which I hope is a mental health facility and not a prison. So many of the shocking stories we hear about come back to the common denominator of a lack of access to effective mental health care for those that need it. Our TDB colleague, Dave McPherson and his partner Jane Stevens have campaigned tirelessly for years for better mental health care. Spend more on mental health, spend less on prisons. However, as my alert readers will point out, the government poured millions into mental health services and virtually none of it has been spent.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 18, 2021 19:04 UTC