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Published: February 2026

Written submissions closed on 20 December 2024. The Health Select Committee completed a report and recommended changes to the Bill on 17 April 2025, ready for the Bill's second reading in Parliament.

Published: 29 May, 2025

   In 2023/24, around 45,000 people accessed addiction treatment services, 5,000 fewer than five years earlier. Referrals have also dropped, down 14.6% in 2023/24 compared with the peak in 2020/21.

Published: 8 September, 2026

In 2025 we made recommendations to HealthNZ and are monitoring implementation to ensure we see the improvements that are needed,” says Ms Orsborn.

Published: 10 December, 2020

 This function was transferred from the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission when it was established on 9 February 2021.

Published: 20 April, 2026

Delays are putting the intended commencement date, currently set for July 2027, at risk.

Published: 24 November, 2022

Filipo Katavake-McGrath acknowledges today’s release of the Treasury’s inaugural  Te Tai Waiora: Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand 2022  report.

Published: 28 August, 2024

In a new report released today, the Commission shows that 92% of all funding allocated had been spent or committed by 30 June 2023. Of the unspent $163.8 million, almost $62 million was set aside for capital works.

Published: 19 August, 2026

The new role follows former Deputy Chair, Dr Barbara Disley, being appointed Chair in July 2026.  

Published: 4 September, 2023

/ Youth wellbeing insights report (May 2023) Access and Choice Programme: Improvising access and choice for youth report (2022)

Published: 16 June, 2022

Recent Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission reports found that the number of people subject to a community treatment order has increased by 10 per cent between 2016 and 2020.