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Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package
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NewsHayden Wano says the Access and Choice Programme, funded through the mental health and addictions package, is critical to give people access to services and supports when we need them and for there to be a greater range of choice as to the type of support and service options available.
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Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIMs) publicly released
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Newsthe suite of proposed health targets, focused on improving access to mental health and addiction services allocating funding and commissioning a phased prevalence survey of mental health and wellbeing starting with children and young people.
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Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen
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NewsMental health services and addiction services have continued performing at pre-COVID-19 levels, which is a substantial achievement.
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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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Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support
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News“What works for Māori will benefit all peoples of Aotearoa and Māori responses to the pandemic can continue to be an exemplar for how Aotearoa can support health and wellbeing outcomes in any future crises, and support wellbeing more generally.”
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Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move
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NewsThe announcement today by the Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey that a new mental health and addiction peer support service will be set up in hospital emergency departments is a positive move.
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Effectively addressing rising distress in rangatahi and young people
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NewsThe 2024/25 New Zealand Health Survey found 1 in 5 of 15–24-year-olds experienced high to very high psychological distress. Primary and specialist mental health and addiction services cannot meet need at this scale.
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What works to reduce harm from alcohol and other drugs
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NewsRead He Ara Oranga chapter Why we commissioned this work The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has monitored addiction treatment services over recent years, including through a data summary on addiction services published in May 2025 and our system performance monitoring.
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Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care
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NewsThis is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report Te Huringa Tuarua 2023: Youth services focus report - Admission of young people to adult inpatient mental health services.
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Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own
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NewsTheir knowledge and ideas must be central to any legislative decisions our government makes about our online environment, as we work to foster healthy and sustainable digital environments for our rangatahi and young people.