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Published: 30 June, 2022

About the framework We have created a framework called  He Ara Āwhina , which means pathways to support. He Ara Āwhina describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. This will be used to assess, monitor, and advocate for improvements to the mental health and

Published: 3 April, 2025

The purpose of this report is to monitor the progress and achievements of the Access and Choice programmes over the five-year period from 2019/20 to 2023/24. The report finds that, after five years, the Access and Choice programme has substantially increased access to and choice in services for

Published: 3 April, 2025

  At the five- year mark, the Access and Choice Programme has proved to be a valuable addition to the mental health, addiction and wellbeing support services available to people throughout the country. Today Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission released a report that

Published: 27 June, 2023

The report provides an overview of investment into kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services, sheds light on the significant disparities faced by Māori in mental health outcomes, and calls for the need for change to address these inequities.  It was released on 27 June 2023. Despite

Published: 27 September, 2024

Te Hiringa Mahara has been governed by an active board since being formed in February 2021. On 27 September 2024 Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, and Mark Patterson, Minister for Rural Communities, jointly announced the appointment of Wayne Langford as a new board member. Wayne has been

Published: 24 June, 2026

On 24 June 2026, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission launched a new roadmap calling for faster, more focused action to improve mental health, addiction and wellbeing outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand.   This webinar is your opportunity to learn about this. Register now

Published: 29 August, 2023

He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework describes what ideal wellbeing looks like. It comprises an aspirational vision, twelve wellbeing outcomes, and associated data. The vision for wellbeing in Aotearoa is:  tū tangata mauri ora, thriving together.  Read and download our He Ara

Published: 29 June, 2023

Our Peer support workforce paper 2023 shows the critical role of the peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised. Key findings in the paper include:&nbsp

Published: 8 December, 2021

and created with people with lived experience of poor wellbeing. It reflects what people say matters to them. Read a short summary of the Te Rau Tira (Wellbeing outcomes report)  Downloads Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report pdf, 9 MB Download Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report docx, 4.2

Published: 9 April, 2026

This summary set of measures provides an at-a-glance overview of mental health and addiction service performance across the domains of He Ara Āwhina | Pathways to Support framework. We use the framework to monitor service performance over time. The summary set and dashboard are part of our suite of