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Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy is a positive step, but people need to see real change
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara welcomes today’s release of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and its implementation plan. The Strategy is an important step toward a mental health and addiction system that is easier for people to access and better able to support them when they need help.
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Next steps for mental health law will be crucial
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NewsThe final reading of the Mental Health Bill on Saturday 4 July marks a significant step forward to embedding a modern, human rights framework in our mental health and addiction system.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission board appointments announced
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NewsThe Minister for Mental Health Hon Matt Doocey has announced changes to the composition of the Board of Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. The current chair Hayden Wano is standing down in July.
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Te Hiringa Mahara office hours webinar, July 2026
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NewsOn 24 June 2026, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission launched a new roadmap calling for faster, more focused action to improve mental health, addiction and wellbeing outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. This webinar is your opportunity to learn about this.
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New roadmap calls for faster action on mental health, addiction and wellbeing
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has today launched a new roadmap at Parliament calling for faster, more focused action to improve mental health, addiction and wellbeing outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Mental health system still falling short for young people and Māori, new report shows
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NewsIntroduction to the 2026 system performance monitoring report Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - says improvements in Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health and addiction system must come faster to meet the rising need for young people and Māori.
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Budget misses opportunity to respond to growing mental health need
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is disappointed to see no new explicit investment into mental health and addiction services in today's budget.
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The voices of young people matter; this youth week and every week thereafter
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NewsYouth Week should be a prompt for us all to reflect on what is weighing on rangatahi, and in turn, our responsibility to respond. That is why it is important to see climate change and mental health as part of the same story, not two separate ones.
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Govt must respond to the impacts of climate change on mental health and wellbeing
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara is calling on the Government to explicitly recognise and address the mental health and wellbeing impacts climate change is having on New Zealanders, following the release of the Climate Change Commission’s latest report.
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Power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health webinar
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NewsI have been in the disability sector for almost 5 years and have gradually stepped into the mental health space in the last couple of years, upon completing my Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and discussing Mental Health with young people.