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Published: 30 November, 2022

See the media release:  Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain Our Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years was published in January 2024.

Published: 5 June, 2023

However, throughout the worse periods of the pandemic, Pacific people drew on their connections to provide flexible and practical support to each other – support like trustworthy and accessible public health information, access to health care, food and care packages, and spiritual and social help.

Published: 26 August, 2025

Together, these findings affirm that the most effective crisis responses are timely, non-coercive, culturally safe, and connected to wider systems of care, ensuring tāngata whaiora and whānau receive the right support at the right time.

Published: 1 May, 2023

processes; to keep equitable access to services and support front of mind; to ensure a range of safe and accessible supports are available when needed; and to engage and check in with service providers and community organisations to understand trends and developments in some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most-at-risk

Published: 16 June, 2026

This report assesses how the mental health and addiction system is performing to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora and whānau. Progress is reported on six key system shifts that, taken together, would transform the mental health and addiction system.

Published: 1 July, 2021

To learn more about the co-define phase of this work, read and download the full report below Downloads Developing a Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Framework Download Developing a Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Framework Download

Published: 10 October, 2022

The report identifies nine broad themes and six sub-themes that describe the impacts of the pandemic on mental health in Aotearoa.

Published: 30 June, 2022

The use of the term distress includes the following terms used by other agencies: mild, moderate, or severe mental health challenges mental distress or psychological distress crisis or mental health crisis suicidal distress despair mental illness acute experiences or extreme state We use the term ‘distress

Published: 5 June, 2024

The Voices report is an accompanying report to Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun (our 2024 mental health and addiction service monitoring report).

Published: 29 May, 2025

The purpose of these data summaries is to highlight and bring together key monitoring findings for specialist addiction services, and access to mental health and addiction services.