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Published: 29 May, 2025

   Alongside a focus on addiction specialist services, Te Hiringa Mahara has published further insights into access to publicly funded mental health and addiction services.

Published: 19 April, 2024

Te Hiringa Mahara supports the introduction of a Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy that will fall under the existing Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act. The law will be amended to bring into being a new strategy.

Published: 18 August, 2022

Te Hiringa Mahara will focus on understanding the impacts of COVID-19 so that the response and recovery supports mental health and wellbeing.

Published: 3 April, 2025

Today Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission released a report that documents progress establishing the programme, with recommendations on how to ensure it reaches its full potential.

Published: 2 February, 2022

“The Bill could say a lot more about mental health, addiction and wider wellbeing outcomes affecting the four dimensions of hauora; it could do more to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support greater wellbeing for Māori; and it should involve a wider range of views and people with lived experience

Published: 25 June, 2020

The report highlights areas that could be strengthened in these early days of system transformation to achieve equity for all and build strong foundations for the future, such as: Grounding the system in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and equity Putting people and whānau at the centre of a unified and inclusive

Published: 25 February, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for increased urgency to improve access to specialist mental health and addiction services for young people after new analysis shows a continued reduction in the number of young people accessing services.