Māori population represent 20% of the youth population but accounts for twice suicides than their non-Māori counterparts. Māori males aged 15-24 years (Rangatahi) have the highest death rates in New Zealand and suicide rates are two times higher than non-Māori population in the country. This population who was considered in the past as a "genetic isolate" turned to be and ethnically mixture with non-homogeneous and unidentified origin. Data show that environmental factors such as poverty, domestic violence, Methamphetamine use, imprisonment etc., are playing a critical role in the risk for suicide rather than genetic makeup that was found to be non-relevant. We interviewed 15 young Māori adolescents who attempted suicide using qualitative approach to underpin the basic risk factor in these young subjects. The story of the young Māori suicidal behavior may serve as a model to understand the meaning of gene-environment interaction vs gene-environment correlation and will be discussed in the symposium.