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Published: 5 June, 2024

More New Zealanders are accessing mental health or addiction support from a GP or other primary health provider. The Access and Choice programme, newly established in 2019/20, provided support to around 186,000 people in 2022/23.

Published: 11 June, 2025

   “This will rely on having meaningful lived experience leadership, services meeting the highest needs, respect for human rights, along with achieving both equitable access and outcomes from services to name a few”.

Published: 10 July, 2025

The panel discussed findings from the assessment, approaches to improving wellbeing for whānau Māori, and lived experience perspectives of social determinants.

Published: 25 July, 2023

Many of you will know Barbara from the significant roles she has had in the mental health and addiction sector over the years, including the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction in 2018. We will welcome Barbara at our next meeting.

Published: 24 June, 2026

'Today we were proud to launch the roadmap alongside MPs from across the political spectrum and to focus on the action needed now.'

Published: 9 March, 2023

On a positive note, the increased risk of family violence was recognised and acted upon from the start of the pandemic by the government, and by Māori and community organisations and initiatives.

Published: 30 April, 2026

  “Critically, young people need to be involved from the start. Simply adapting adult services doesn’t meet the needs of young people.”

Published: 7 May, 2026

  Aotearoa New Zealand has experienced significant extreme weather events in recent years, and we can expect mental distress and harm from problematic substance use to increase after future events.

Published: 12 September, 2023

  We are delighted to announce that we will be holding a series of webinars where we will share key findings as well as our calls to action from our recent mental health and addiction service monitoring reports.

Published: 13 December, 2023

They are navigating unique challenges to previous generations, from climate change, cost of living pressures, inequality, and discrimination to an increasingly online world. These impact on young people’s ability to feel hopeful about their futures.