Kawepūrongo me ngā Rauemi News and resources

Published: 5 June, 2024

The purpose of this report is to monitor mental health and addiction services over the five-year period from July 2018 to June 2023. The report focuses on access to services and options available.

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: 6 October, 2022

Wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 pandemic This eighth (and final) report draws on the previous seven reports in the COVID-19 series, and wider research to highlight the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic, and to learn from them.

Published: 27 June, 2023

The proportion of tāngata whaiora Māori accessing Māori specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over the last five-year period from 30 per cent in 2017/18 to 26 per cent in the last financial year (2021/22).

Published: 22 March, 2022

Despite calls in 2018 from He Ara Oranga to minimise coercive treatment, our measures show an increase in the use of solitary confinement (seclusion) and no decrease in the use of community treatment orders.

Published: 5 June, 2024

   This Voices report provides richness and depth to what we heard from tāngata whaiora, communities, and the mental health and addiction workforce across Aotearoa New Zealand about access to services and options available.