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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: 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: 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.

Published: 18 February, 2025

This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease.

Published: 18 February, 2025

Data released today by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows that fewer people accessed specialist mental health and addiction services in the year from July 2023 to June 2024 than in previous years.

Published: 17 June, 2020

The Mental Health Commissioner has today released a report , providing insights about mental health and addiction services.

Published: 14 August, 2026

    Expect an honest look at what rangatahi and young people want from mental health services, and discussions on key mental health and wellbeing issues for young people today. Youth voice will be woven through the entire day.

Published: 12 September, 2023

, 5 October 2023 Mental health and addiction service use – what the data shows webinar When: 12:00pm-12:45pm Thursday, 12 October 2023 Increasing service options for Māori webinar When: 12:00pm-12:45pm Thursday, 19 October 2023 We encourage you to join us to be part of the conversation.

Published: 28 October, 2021

The overall programme is on schedule, with the rollout of integrated primary mental health and addiction services proceeding as planned. However, we would like to see the rollout of services for Māori, Pacific peoples, and youth accelerated.

Published: 27 June, 2023

   “To ensure a more balanced allocation of resources, we call for an increase in funding for kaupapa Māori services to address inequities in the funding model. This includes an allocation of any new mental health and addictions investment allocated to kaupapa Māori services.