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Published: 31 May, 2023

Read the full report:  Te Huringa Tuarua 2023: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Report .

Published: 25 February, 2026

Editor’s note - summary of key findings More people were able to access services overall 183,356 people used specialist services in 2024/2025, an increase of 6,072 (3.4% increase) compared with 2023/2024 In 2024-25 236,300 people used Access and Choice programme services, up from 207,000 in 2023/2024

Published: 7 August, 2025

Our approach is documented in our 2025-2029 Statement of Intent and 2025/26 Statement of Performance Expectations, along with a new Strategy on a page. Since our establishment in February 2021, we have continued to act in our role as a kaitiaki of mental health, addiction and wellbeing.

Published: 25 February, 2026

We’ve put the key mental health and substance use findings from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 into an easy-to-read summary.

Published: 18 February, 2025

The reasons behind a reduction in access to services were reported in our 2024 Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga service monitoring report.

Published: 5 November, 2025

The report released yesterday by Te Hiringa Mahara – Ururpare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report – shows people seeking help and their whānau find current crisis services hard to navigate. We are calling for a nationally cohesive system to be developed by June 2027.

Published: 8 August, 2025

We’ve put the key mental health and addiction findings from the NZ Health Survey 2023/2024 into one, easy to read summary.

Published: 11 May, 2023

This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report, Exercising rangatiratanga during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF, 10 MB] .

Published: 17 May, 2023

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Published: 3 December, 2025

 They were: Health NZ develops a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025 (inclusive of clinical, peer and cultural workforces, Māori and lived experience leadership, and across primary, community, and specialist services).