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Published: 15 May, 2023

At the heart of this report are young people and whānau who shared their experiences of adult inpatient mental health services. It is for them and future generations that we stand up for a better future of mental health support.

Published: 25 June, 2020

Money is flowing into mental health to support more people and there are pockets of success and innovation to expand access and increase choice for mental health and addiction services.

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: 12 September, 2019

The Government announced appointments to the Initial Commission on 12 September 2019.

Published: 23 May, 2024

and better mental health Pacific communities and organisations are doing the mahi, but system support is needed Enabling communities to deliver on better wellbeing outcomes works Wrap around support to address wider wellbeing will achieve improved Pacific mental health outcomes By Pacific for Pacific

Published: 8 June, 2022

“Through the reforms, the Commission will work closely with the Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand, and te Mana Hauora Māori (the Māori Health Authority) to support, guide, and monitor a health system that prioritises mental health and wellbeing, and that puts mental health and addiction services

Published: 5 July, 2022

  Board Chair Hayden Wano said the new name embraced the Commission’s role as the kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing and was an expression of the commitment to being an organisation grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 

Published: 9 April, 2025

We will be reporting on this later in 2025 and expect this to inform future service design and improvements. Read the Implementation of Phase Two of Mental Health Response Changes to start announcement (8 April 2025)

Published: 4 January, 2023

The award reflects Mr Wano’s 40 years-plus health sector experience in mental health, community and medical services, as well as his numerous (health and non-health) governance roles and his role as Board Chair since our establishment.

Published: 9 April, 2026

This summary set of measures provides an at-a-glance overview of mental health and addiction service performance across the domains of He Ara Āwhina | Pathways to Support framework. We use the framework to monitor service performance over time.