Dr JAMES McDOWALL (ACT): Thank you, Madam Speaker. New Zealanders are watching this debate with high hopes, and I'm afraid to say that almost every person I've spoken to recently about suicide prevention, from NGOs on the front line to parents who have tragically lost children, say that the system is broken. We have an ongoing mental health crisis in this country, and with an estimated 150,000 Kiwis contemplating suicide per year—that we know of—the risk factor is significant. While it seems that more people are actually opening up and talking about their personal struggles, we still have a long way to go. I'm all for cross-party collaboration on this issue, because we do need to come together for the sake of those at risk, but that cannot be an excuse for ignoring faults in the system.