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  • Commission will provide system oversight of new mental wellbeing long-term pathway

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    well as people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction, so we can strongly advocate for system improvements,” says Hayden Wano. Later this year, the Commission will publish its first wellbeing report as well as its first report on the mental health and addiction system. “We understand

  • Ake, ake, ake – A Forever Language

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    read through reports on our website that highlight the benefits of te reo Māori in supporting wellbeing, see  Mairangatia te hauora hinengaro me te toiora Māori | Advancing Māori mental health and wellbeing .    Kia kaha te reo Māori - Let’s make the Māori language strong! &nbsp

  • Refreshed strategic direction – July 2025

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    Strategy on a page. Since our establishment in February 2021, we have continued to act in our role as a kaitiaki of mental health, addiction and wellbeing. We have built a strong knowledge base and our reports, and other work, are highly valued by our key stakeholders. With the period covered by the

  • Focus on youth wellbeing more urgent than ever

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    recently. The data has been collated by Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission and while the latest data showed 74% of 15 – 24-year-olds reported good mental health, there are ongoing negative trends. "There has been a steady decline in mental wellbeing for young people more

  • Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive

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    clearly to those voices over the last 18 months, particularly people and whānau with lived experience of mental distress and addiction. Through the reporting of the Initial Commission, she advocated strongly for the community’s call for system transformation to be prioritised and advanced by Government

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    World Health Organisation's Quality Rights Initiative will help change practice. Providing alternative options for acute care will further reduce the need for coercion. Recent Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission reports found that the number of people subject to a community treatment order has

  • Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package

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    -term Review  on the Government’s progress following its $1.9 billion investment into mental health. “While the overall picture shows progress has been made and initiatives are on track, we support the report’s call for steps to be taken to speed up delivery in certain areas so that everything

  • Crisis response webinar: what makes an effective crisis response

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    – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission programme of work examining effective crisis response systems, which will inform our upcoming monitoring report, and expect to inform future service design and improvements. Our panelists are: Sonya Russell, Kaiwhakahaere Hauora Hinengaro, Waranga | Director

  • Key mental health and addiction findings: NZ Health Survey 2023/24

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    Te Hiringa Mahara has placed the key mental health and addiction findings from the NZ Health Survey 2023/2024 into one, easy to read summary.

  • Mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    Our first system performance monitoring report presents an approach to monitoring the mental health and addiction system. This report provides a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like through six key system shifts. We present monitoring findings against the shifts