Platform is proud to be the secretariat for the Cross-Party Mental Health and Addiction Wellbeing Group, established in August 2019. This initiative was based on a recommendation in He Ara Oranga - report on the government inquiry on mental health and addiction.
The cross-party group is made up of the following members (representative of each political party in Parliament):
Chlöe Swarbrick (Greens)
Brooke van Velden and Mark Cameron (ACT)
The group aims to achieve cross-party dialogue and develop a collective vision and direction for mental health, addiction, and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Platform key roles in this role include:
In September 2020, the group released their first joint project on Suicide Prevention. The video of the launch of the group at Parliament in August 2018 is below.