New Zealand Advance directive info

Most people with mental illness are competent all of the time, and 
almost everyone is competent most of the time.

Bring competent means a person:

understands their diagnosis and previous treatment (even if they do 
not agree with that diagnosis)

can make choices by weighing up different options

understands the consequences of their decisions.

A person can be competent even if they are under the Mental Health 
(Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (MH Act). Compulsory 
treatment does not make people legally incompetent.

http://www.mhc.govt.nz/advance/

www.peoplewho.org