× Former Detective Sergeant Theo Ackroyd, also chairman of the Gisborne Intermediate board of trustees, with lawyer Vicki Thorpe. Photo / David Fisher Former Detective Sergeant Theo Ackroyd, also chairman of the Gisborne Intermediate board of trustees, with lawyer Vicki Thorpe. People's Mental Health Review spokesman Kyle MacDonald, a psychotherapist, said some provincial centres had little to offer adolescents in need of mental health care. Green Party health spokeswoman Julie-Anne Genter said access to adolescent and mental health care was "pretty bad" across the system. Asked if he was doing all he could for adolescents with mental health issues, he answered: "Yes."

Source: New Zealand Herald June 26, 2017 02:03 UTC