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Published: 4 November, 2025

This interactive flow model uses national data collection on mental health and addiction specialist services from PRIMHD. It shows pathways from crisis through the system. Improving crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand webinar Watch the recording of a webinar providing an overview of how crisis responses are working across Aotearoa New Zealand, and how to improve them. December 2025.

Published: 30 April, 2026

  Te Hiringa Mahara is kicking off Youth Week 2026 with a webinar focusing on the power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health.  The ‘Power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health’ webinar presented the key findings from our early intervention and secondary

Published: 22 May, 2026

During Youth Week 2026 we're reminded of how important it is for young people's voices need to be heard. The release of the Climate Change Commission’s latest risk assessment gives another reason to take concerns about uncertain futures seriously.

Published: 10 March, 2026

placed to articulate the challenges they face online and the changes that will help to keep them safe. This is what they want from their families, from decision makers and from government. Their knowledge and ideas must be central to any legislative decisions our government makes about our online

Published: 7 May, 2026

extreme weather events in recent years, and we can expect mental distress and harm from problematic substance use to increase after future events. These events take a heavy toll on people and communities, and the impacts can last well beyond the initial emergency. “Mental health support must be included

Published: 2 September, 2025

study from the literature scan.  The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member. Download the Crisis responses to mental health and/or substance use: What works? A literature scan (August 2025) 

Published: 24 March, 2026

the report we heard extensive feedback from people with lived experience, whānau and the broader sector about the wider primary care landscape. Participants expressed strong support for the need for continued Access and Choice programme funding and approach as part of this future system. Other

Published: 22 September, 2021

benchmark from which we can monitor progress," says Board Chair, Hayden Wano. "We believe in a future where mental wellbeing is attainable for everyone and support the call from Mā te rongo ake to take a whole-systems approach to transformation. Through values-based leadership, working collaboratively

Published: 25 February, 2026

with 2023/2024 In 2024-25 236,300 people used Access and Choice programme services, up from 207,000 in 2023/2024 (a 14% increase) Young people are the age group who experienced the largest decrease in access Over the last five years almost 5,000 fewer 19-25 year olds (a 20% decrease), and 2,800

Published: 16 June, 2022

, Whanganui, South Canterbury, and West Coast DHBs have all had a reduction in solitary confinement (seclusion) rates and, at times, have reached and sustained zero seclusion. Encouragingly, data from the first half of 2021 show solitary confinement rates (the number of people confined for every 1000