Coming up on Te Karere... A petition calling for better mental health education in the school curriculum was presented to parliament today. The latest 1 News Colmar-Brunton poll shows National is in the box seat just three months out from the election. However, support for the Greens and the Maori Party is heading south. A lobby group that monitors spending by the Auckland Council has the Independent Maori Statutory Board in its sights. 08 June 2017 Due to the live nature of Te Karere, some segments will not be subtitled. Tena koutou katoa, and welcome to Te Karere. A petition calling for better mental health education in the school curriculum was presented to parliament today. Over 8000 people have signed the petition which was inspired by a young woman's mental health issues at high school. Te Okiwa McLean reports. Wanting a lending hand from Government officials. Over 9,000 people have signed 21 year old Lucy McSweeney's petition pushing for better Mental Health Education in all NZ schools. Her petition has four key points. One in five New Zealanders will be diagnosed with a mental health problem this year, and we have the highest youth suicide rate in the world, many of whom are Maori. Mahitahi Trust is backing the motion. They have not been considerate, but they are right that teachers need to be trained so they can spot suicidal symptoms long before it actually happens. Furthermore, Health is only compulsory in the curriculum up to Year 10 and this petition is pushing to have it taught from year 9 13. So they can achieve adulthood and are knowledgeable on how to deal with this illness so the world and all Maori and NZ can look forward. The Act Party Leader will move forward and present the petition to parliament. But McSweeney believes we must work closer together, not further apart. For now, who can say what will happen? Te Okiwa McLean, Te Karere. The latest 1 News Colmar-Brunton poll shows National is in the box seat just three months out from the election. National is up since the last poll and almost has enough support to govern alone. However, support for the Greens and the Maori Party is heading south, while the Labour Party's appeal is static. Political reporter Eruera Rerekura canvassed reaction to the poll from Maori MP's across the political spectrum. Although National is on 49% in the 1 News Colmar-Bruntol poll, election day is the most important one. Labour, however, is sitting on 30%. It's three months until the election so we hope to get our faces out there to thousands of people - with the aim to get those percentage points up. The Maori Party has dropped from 3% to 1%. That particular Colmar-Brunton poll has the 3% margin of error which is smaller than the 4% we got before, and although we were happy with that, perhaps it's the same as the last. And the Greens have dropped two percentage points to 9%. The Labour, Greens and Maori parties all agree about the housing issues. And maybe the housing crisis could be one area that could see support for National eroded. Eruera Rerekura, Te Karere. A lobby group that monitors spending by the Auckland City Council has the independent Maori statutory board in its sights. The Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance says the legal bills racked up by the IMBS to protect wahi tapu are an abuse of their process. The legal bill for the case, which was eventually thrown out by the court, cost $270,000. Ripeka Timutimu with this story. Jordan Williams says the High Court is no place for the Independent Maori Statutory Board. The board took the council to court after it says it ignored advice from its own officials and made the decision to remove 3000 sites of value from the city's Unitary Plan. The board lost and the council says the bill cost around $270k. $140k was spent by the council on legal services, and $130k was expenditure incurred by the board. It's a huge expense. What I like to do is answer the questions Maori may have. The board chair, David Taipari was unavailable to speak on camera but in a statement he said they want to continue to carry this kaupapa forward and adequate resource should be made available for this, but one of the architects of the board, Pita Sharples, is demanding more transparency. I have advised the IMSB to talk to iwi so that we know what's going on and can support them. We can't do that if they are hiding what they are doing. The board says they want to ensure research and monitoring is undertaken to enable plan changes. Ripeka Timutimu, Te Karere. After the break, the All Blacks and Maori All Blacks squads to take on the touring British and Irish Lions were named today. NZ's top basketball players are vying for a spot in the Tall Ferns team as they prepare for their latest comp in Asia. The All Blacks and Maori All Blacks squads to take on the touring British and Irish Lions were named today, and one of the key features is: there's a lot of Maori in the All Blacks, and a lot of All Blacks in the Maori side. To break it all down for us, is our intrepid sports reporter, Tamati Rimene-Sproat. Let's talk about the ABs first, what are the big selection highlights? They are undoubtedly going to be a team that will intimidate the Lions with their plethora of rugby legends who have been selected by All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and team. Dane Coles of Ngati Porou has been named even though he is currently injured. His head is the biggest cause of concern, Hansen is confident though that Coles will be in good form for the second clash against the Lions. His fellow team mate Ngani Laumape is on the team which is a first for the former Warrior. Malakai Fekitoa has been overlooked in favour of incoming Laumape. Likewise Jordie Barrett is coming on to the team to play with his older brothers Beauden and Scott. In total, ten Maori players have been selected for this team. Furthermore, nine former All Blacks who didn't make this team have been selected by Colin Cooper to play for the Maori All Blacks. This is the best Maori All Blacks team, under the guidance of Colin Cooper. It's a team overflowing with the best from the super rugby. Veterans like Charlie Ngatai, Lliam Messam and Hika Elliot are in the mix. Nehe Milner Skudder, Damian McKenzie and the Ioane brothers have also been selected, and they have played at the All Blacks level. There are three new caps included in Colin Coopers' team. But the majority know the style of played hope for. The team group in Rotorua on Sunday The team group in Rotorua on Sunday after the Super Rugby games this weekend. Ok Tamati, the 'test' in Rotorua next week promises to be epic, and you also have news of a specially commissioned jersey for the Maori Abs, tell us about that? That's right. Senior player Luke Crawford and artist David Burke designed the jerseys. The jerseys celebrate a Te Arawa personality who was an expert at mau rakau. That personality is the late Mita Mohi who died last year. Both designers are students of Mohi and the jersey is a tribute to him. Thank you for the update Tamati Rimene-Sproat. One of the players selected for the Maori All Blacks was the hero for the Blues last night in the game against the Lions. Ngati Porou's Ihaia West was the star of last night s historic victory over the Lions, the young first five crossing over for the game winning try. West and Otere Black have been named as the first fives for the Lions test. The unbeaten Southern Steel survived a scare in Dunedin last night as the Mystics gave them their toughest challenge of the domestic netball competition. The northerners levelled the scores with six seconds on the clock but the Steel kept their cool. Sharp shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Reid coming up with the winner. Final score 68-67. NZ's top basketball players are vying for a spot in the Tall Ferns team as they prepare for their latest comp in Asia. Amongst the line-up is 15-year-old Charlisse Leger-Walker who could soon be the youngest person to play for the Tall Ferns. Harata Brown has more. Charlisse is up against stiff competition, she says she has nothing to lose. The 15 year old is at the Tall Ferns selection camp where coach Kennedy Kereama is set to select the final team for the Asia Cup in India next month. The majority of these players up for selection, like Kayla Manuirirangi are based outside of NZ, either playing college basketball in the US or professionally in Australia, Italy or Poland. And Kalani Purcell, who joined the training camp with the WNBA Dallas Wings this year, still enjoys coming back to her roots. The Tall Ferns will be facing stiff competition in the Asia Cup like China to qualify for the Women's FIBA World Cup. Harata Brown, Te Karere. After the break we have the weather. To the weather now. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz. Let's take another look at today's top stories. A petition calling for better mental health education in the school curriculum was presented to parliament today. The latest 1 News Colmar-Brunton poll shows National is in the box seat just three months out from the election. However, support for the Greens and the Maori Party is heading south. A lobby group that monitors spending by the Auckland Council has the Independent Maori Statutory Board in its sights. That's all we have for today. Turou Hawaiki. Captions were made possible with funding from Te Mangai Paho. Copyright TVNZ 2017.