Compulsory Treatment Order Issued After Threats to Jacinda Ardern & Auckland Synagogue

An Auckland man with a long-standing schizo-affective disorder and entrenched delusions was placed under a compulsory in-patient treatment order, after the court found his release from psychiatric care led to a series of threatening emails — including ones addressed to then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and an Auckland synagogue.

Judge Ryan found the mental-health system had failed him and endorsed a treatment strategy rather than a harsher special patient order.