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Published: 28 May, 2026

No matter where you live, you should have a range of support options to choose from. "We are pleased to see the investment into reducing online harms for young people announced today and acknowledge what it will achieve.

Published: 10 July, 2023

  “The use of compulsory community treatment orders is a practice from mental health that is out of step with human rights and current approaches to mental distress. We urge changes to these practices.” Hayden Wano, Te Hiringa Mahara chair said.

Published: 29 October, 2024

The Bill was passed into law with unanimous support from MPs. When the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill was introduced in October 2021, we advocated for the inclusion of a mental health and addiction strategy under the legislation.

Published: 15 December, 2025

The day-long event was the first-time people from across the mental health and addiction sector have met to look at how crisis responses are working for people and their whānau.

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