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Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive
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NewsThe Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is charged with providing oversight of the nation’s mental health and wellbeing system, holding the Government of the day and other decision makers to account for the health and wellbeing of all people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system
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News“Our new system performance monitoring report highlights the need for faster improvements to address declining mental health and wellbeing,” said Karen Orsborn, CEO of Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.
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More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services
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NewsThis includes an allocation of any new mental health and addictions investment allocated to kaupapa Māori services. “We also advocate for a comprehensive mental health and addiction prevalence survey to strengthen how decisions about investments are made.
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Deepening inequities in the mental health system call for action
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News“Today’s report provides an unprecedented level of detail, and clearly shows Māori continue to be disproportionately subjected to some of the most harmful practices in our mental health system,” says Director Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, Sonya Russell.
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More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges
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NewsMore people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality.
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Young people are missing out on access to mental health services
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NewsDownloads Access to mental health and addiction services data summary - February 2026 Mental health and substance data summary: Key findings from the NZ health Survey 2024/2025 - February 2026
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Working towards the transformation of the mental health and wellbeing system
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NewsGladys asked her about the things that people need to know and understand about mental health and wellbeing and the current move in Aotearoa to transform our mental health and addiction system.
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Access to specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease
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NewsData 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.
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2023-2024 annual report now available
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024 is now publicly available. The report summarises how we contributed to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all New Zealanders in the preceding 12 months.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy
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NewsAmong its recommendations, the Commission called for the bill to have a clearer definition of ‘serious harm’ that incorporates physical and mental health, individual wellbeing, and whānau wellbeing.