Globally suicide is identified as a serious public health issue which causes 800,000 deaths per year, proportionate to 1 death every 40 seconds (World Health Organisation, 2015). In New Zealand, rural suicide rates have been of particular concern due to falling dairy prices, drought, and other contributing factors (Federated Farmers, 2014; Goffin, 2014; Walker, 2012). One promising suicide prevention strategy, ‘gatekeeper training’, includes educating groups of people how to identi…
