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Published: 17 September, 2021

  “We know from listening to rainbow communities that discrimination and prejudice against who they are has a major impact on their mental health and wellbeing and that conversion practices can cause damage across every aspect of their lives.

Published: 30 November, 2022

“While we can and should take satisfaction from the progress made over the last three years, we need to ensure that people have mental health, wellbeing and addiction services when and where they are needed, and access to a diverse choice of services to suit their needs, so that they and those working

Published: 3 April, 2025

“There has been very positive feedback from those accessing the services. The 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.

Published: 27 January, 2022

January figures from the Ministry of Health indicate that mental health service users have full vaccination rates that are 9% lower than the general population, and rates amongst addiction service users are 19% lower than the general population. The figures for Māori are also concerning.

Published: 8 June, 2022

Improved mental health, addiction and wellbeing outcomes for people in Aotearoa will require strong leadership and commitment from the Minister, the Ministry, and the new health entities.

Published: 27 October, 2022

Te Hiringa Mahara’s recent mental health service and addiction service monitoring report, Te Huringa: Change and Transformation , highlighted that mental health services and addiction services had maintained pre-pandemic levels of services, despite the disruption and competing demands from the pandemic

Published: 16 February, 2024

We welcome the report from the Auditor General and are very pleased to see he has committed to following up.” 

Published: 27 June, 2023

  Focus groups who contributed to the research said they hoped to see more holistic services that span the life course, from the “crib to the tomb”, for tāngata whaiora and their whānau.

Published: 14 June, 2021

Karen Orsborn steps into the Chief Executive role from 1 July after leading the Commission’s establishment efforts as Acting Chief Executive since it opened in February.

Published: 28 October, 2021

This is of considerable importance and would benefit from more urgent and dedicated focus.” Greater prioritisation implementing flexible, holistic services in a range of settings for Māori and Pacific peoples is needed, says Wano.