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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system
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NewsThis also creates an opportunity to hear the voices of Māori and people with lived experience and provide a greater choice of supports.”
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy
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NewsCommission calls for the Justice Select Committee to listen carefully to the voices of rainbow communities The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) appeared in front of the Justice Select Committee yesterday to speak to its written submission on the Conversion Practices
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More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services
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NewsThe report amplifies the voices of Māori, underscoring their experiences within a health system that often fails to prioritize Te Ao Māori and tikanga Māori principles.
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Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive
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News“Karen has a strong discipline of bringing community voices to the fore. She listened clearly to those voices over the last 18 months, particularly people and whānau with lived experience of mental distress and addiction.
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Power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health webinar
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NewsThrough this webinar, we brought to life Youth Week 2026’s theme ‘Our Voices Matter, We Deserve To Be Heard’ by providing real-life examples of how we can support co-design with rangatahi and young people.
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Welcome to new Commission Board member from Chair Hayden Wano
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NewsHe continues to work in a place of manaaki and bring a voice of whānau in his work and life, and his lived experience will be an enormous asset to the Board.
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services
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NewsThe focus of this investment is aligned with the voices of Māori and tāngata whaiora (people with lived experience of distress and addiction, substance, or gambling harm) as heard through He Ara Oranga," says Commission Board Chair Hayden Wano.
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Haurora Hinengaro Hui Taumata Mental Health Conference 2026
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NewsYouth voice will be woven through the entire day. We're making it bigger too, with 2 keynote addresses, 2 concurrent streams and a networking event to close things out. Read the full programme on the conference website.
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Understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people webinar
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NewsJessica Stubbing, Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, discusses the importance of youth voice for improving our understanding of young people’s wellbeing.
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Strategy to improve mental health outcomes on the way
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NewsWe will let the Minister know what we hope to see in the new strategy, and provide advice on how we expect to see people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction, the broad mental health workforce, and voices of communities sought out, heard, and represented in the strategy.