Assignment Lost Youth, Lost Hope
Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show
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1Lost Youth Lost Hope New Zealand leads the Western world in youth suicide rates. Discussion of the motivation behind suicide. Does New Zealand's response lack political support? Examination of Australian programmes to combat high suicide rates.
Speakers
- Margaret Walsh (victim's mother)
- Jenny Jones (Victim Support)
- Jeremy Thomas (attempted suicide)
- Karla Messervy (attempted suicide)
- Barry Taylor (sociologist)
- Peter Joyce (Canterbury University Suicide Project)
- David Ferguson (Child Health and Development Study)
- Helen Ryan (victim's mother)
- Stewart Ryan (victim's father)
- Irene Harvey (victim's mother)
- Lyn Ewart (suicide counsellor)
- Joan Melrose (Salvation Army Training Centre)
- Barbara Disley (Mental Health Foundation)
- Paul Richardson (Principal, Newlands College)
- Bryan Lawrence (Treasurer, Counsellors' Association)
- Stephen Walsh (victim's brother)
- Lisa Hefford (stepfather suicided)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Assignment
Secondary Title
- Lost Youth, Lost Hope
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 17 August 1995
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
- Documentary
Hosts
- Susan Wood (Presenter)
Speakers
- Barbara Disley (Mental Health Foundation)
- Barry Taylor (sociologist)
- Bryan Lawrence (Treasurer, Counsellors' Association)
- David Ferguson (Child Health and Development Study)
- Helen Ryan (victim's mother)
- Irene Harvey (victim's mother)
- Jenny Jones (Victim Support)
- Jeremy Thomas (attempted suicide)
- Joan Melrose (Salvation Army Training Centre)
- Karla Messervy (attempted suicide)
- Lisa Hefford (stepfather suicided)
- Lyn Ewart (suicide counsellor)
- Margaret Walsh (victim's mother)
- Paul Richardson (Principal, Newlands College)
- Peter Joyce (Canterbury University Suicide Project)
- Stephen Walsh (victim's brother)
- Stewart Ryan (victim's father)