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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy
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NewsAmong its recommendations, the Commission called for the bill to have a clearer definition of ‘serious harm’ that incorporates physical and mental health, individual wellbeing, and whānau wellbeing.
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Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner
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NewsShe has brought deep expertise and connection with lived experience perspectives and a broad knowledge of the mental health and wellbeing system. Taimi has played an active role in the first two and half years of the Commission.
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Acute options for mental health care insights paper downloads
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ResourceDownloads Acute options for mental health care insights paper Download Acute options for mental health care insights paper Download
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Wellbeing assessment: people who interact with mental health and addiction services (2026)
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ResourceThe second Wellbeing assessment explores the wellbeing status for people who interact with mental health and addiction services. We report here against 22 wellbeing indicators from our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework using three national social surveys conducted between 2018 and 2023.
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Mental health and addiction targets welcomed
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NewsThe announcement of targets to address wait times and workforce pressures across the mental health and addiction system has been welcomed by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.
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Access and choice mental health programme stacks up
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NewsThe impact of reaching people early is a huge net positive for Aotearoa; not just for those who need it, but for our health system, our workforce, and for New Zealand as a whole,” Ms Orsborn said. The programme has improved access to primary mental health care.
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Webinar: achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora
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NewsShe has a public health background and has worked in analytics and policy roles across the health system and wider government. She’s an analyst at heart and brings her own lived experience to her role supporting Te Hiringa Mahara to understand and use data and evidence for change.
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Mental health and addiction service monitoring 2026 downloads
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ResourceThis new data summary provides updated data on access and trends for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand. In most cases, the summary reports on data over the five-year period to June 2025.
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Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system
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News“Our new system performance monitoring report highlights the need for faster improvements to address declining mental health and wellbeing,” said Karen Orsborn, CEO of Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.
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Key mental health and addiction findings: NZ Health Survey 2023/24
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ResourceIn general, findings show significant disparities for disabled adults and Māori and Pacific adults. Synthesising the health survey data is part of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s role to be thought leaders in the system for mental health and wellbeing.