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Published: 24 March, 2026

To share the outcome of the think tank workshop held in August 2025, we have published a short paper. The paper documents the discussion which answered two provocative questions: What does the primary care landscape need to look like? How do we get there?

Published: 4 July, 2024

In early June, the Commission released Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun, our 2024 mental health and addiction services monitoring report .

Published: 7 August, 2025

Find out more about our refreshed strategy Date: 1pm Wednesday 20 August 2025.

Published: 10 July, 2023

  The number of people subjected to a Compulsory Community Treatment Order under the Mental Health Act increased by 8% between 2017 and 2021. In 2021, almost 7,000 people were under compulsory treatment in our communities.

Published: 9 April, 2025

We will be reporting on this later in 2025 and expect this to inform future service design and improvements. Read the Implementation of Phase Two of Mental Health Response Changes to start announcement (8 April 2025)

Published: December 2025

The objective of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in performing its functions and exercising its powers, under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020, is to contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Aotearoa New Zealand

Published: 14 May, 2026

Read and download the 2026 analysis report

Published: 26 August, 2025

We will be reporting on this work later in 2025, with a monitoring report, and expect these findings to inform future service design and improvements.

Published: May 2026

Published April 2026.

Published: 19 August, 2026

As part of our 2025–26 work programme, we commissioned a substantive Literature review along with an Evidence brief on “what works” to reduce alcohol and other drug harm..