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Published: 25 February, 2026

is not slowing down. “We need to see focused action and sustained leadership to ensure young people receive the care and support they need in a timely way,” said Ms Orsborn. The Commission has recommended that Health NZ take action to improve access to specialist mental health and addiction services

Published: 10 December, 2020

framework. The framework will support the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s function to monitor mental health services and addiction services and will be used to advocate for improvements to those services. This function was transferred from the Health and Disability Commissioner Act

Published: 5 July, 2022

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has a new name – Te Hiringa Mahara.   The name, Te Hiringa Mahara – Te hinengaro tūmata tōrunga pai o te whakaaro nui (Igniting minds through positive energy and thoughtfulness), was unveiled at a ceremony in Wellington today.  Board Chair

Published: 25 March, 2026

sustained leadership embedded to ensure lasting, meaningful change,” says Ms Russell. The Commission has recommended that Health NZ take action to improve access to specialist mental health and addiction services for young people, including youth-specific crisis responses, streamlined pathways into

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

Published: 5 March, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar with an expert panel discussion on the Police and Health NZ change programme to responding to mental health crisis events. This webinar was the first in a three-part series on improving crisis responses in Aotearoa New Zealand.  The panel included lived

Published: 5 June, 2024

There have been significant changes in access to mental health and addiction over the past five years a monitoring report released today by Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows. The new report, Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun , provides the most up-to-date

Published: 18 February, 2025

This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In

Published: 3 April, 2025

provides an overview of the implementation of Access and Choice,  primary mental health care programme.  The report finds that the Access and Choice programme has increased the access to and choice in services for people with mild to moderate mental health and addiction needs. This has

Published: 5 June, 2024

The Voices report is an accompanying report to Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun (our 2024 mental health and addiction service monitoring report).   This Voices report provides richness and depth to what we heard from tāngata whaiora, communities, and the mental health and