Improving crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand webinar
Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission held a webinar on what's needed to improve crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand on Monday 1 December 2025.
This hour-long session provided an overview of the recently released Urupare mōrearea: Crisis Responses monitoring report, along with commentary about what a good crisis response system could look like for Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our panelists were:
- Sonya Russell, Kaiwhakahaere Hauora Hinengaro, Waranga | Director Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, Te Hiringa Mahara
- Kerri Butler, Director, Take Notice
- Dr Leeanne Fisher, National Chief Mental Health and Addiction, Heath New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member.
This webinar was the third in a series we have run covering the Commission's work programme examining effective crisis response systems, focused on our recently released monitoring report which calls for the development of a nationally cohesive approach to crisis responses.
Watch the webinar exploring effective crisis response models based on our recently released Crisis response literature scan held on 24 September 2025.
Get a copy of the report: Urupare mōrearea: Crisis Responses monitoring report