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Published: January 2024

, 184 KB] Meeting 29 - 23 March [PDF, 169 KB] Meeting 28 - 16 February [PDF, 171 KB] 2022 meeting summaries Meeting 25 - 9 Nov [PDF, 63 KB] Meeting 24 - 20 Oct [PDF, 94 KB] Meeting 23 - 15 Sept [PDF, 123 KB] Meeting 22 - 17 Aug [PDF, 134 KB] Meeting 21 - 21 July [PDF, 80 KB] Meeting

Published: 29 May, 2025

/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. And the percentage of declined referrals has almost doubled over the last five years from 4.7% of total referrals

Published: 31 October, 2025

time as welcoming these changes, two long standing board members are being farewelled. Both Kevin Hague and Alex El Amanni have been on the board since its inception in February 2021. Mr Hague served as deputy chair from February 2022.   “We acknowledge the dedication and experience the two

Published: January 2026

indicators - September 2025 [PDF  483KB] Briefing on Crisis responses literature scan - August 2025 [PDF 321KB] Briefing for Meeting with Minister Doocey - August 2025 [PDF 329KB] Briefing on Feedback from the MHWC on MHW Strategy - June 2025 [PDF 299KB] Briefing on Final SOI and SPE - June 2025

Published: May 2025

and addiction services, 2023/24 - February 2025. Data we released on 18 February 2025 shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In 2023/24, there were 176,261 people who used specialist services. This is over 3,000 fewer people than in 2022/23 (179,472 people) and over 16,000 fewer people than 2020/21. Detail about demographics and service type is included on the factsheet.

Published: December 2025

, and what is working well. Report This report focuses on crisis responses over a five-year period, from January 2020 to December 2024. Crisis responses form a critical function in ensuring people and whānau who are experiencing crisis get the urgent support they need.   Our report examines how

Published: June 2025

measures in the dashboard. The most recent data available is for the financial year 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024. The list of the 76 measures, data source, and what part of the framework they can be found in is available here (XSL 29KB) . We continue to refine the measure set used to monitor mental

Published: 22 March, 2022

increased over the past five years. Despite calls in 2018 from He Ara Oranga to minimise coercive treatment, our measures show an increase in the use of solitary confinement (seclusion) and no decrease in the use of community treatment orders. Watch our NZ Sign Language Te Huringa: Change and

Published: November 2023

Āwhina Date published: 24 June 2025 Response date: 4 March 2025 View/download PDF: MHWC2025 001 Updates to He Ara Awhina [PDF, 111KB] Parental leave entitlements Date published: 4 February 2025 Response date: 11 December 2024 View/download PDF: MHWC2024-009 Parental leave entitlements [PDF, 472KB

Published: 1 October, 2020

Work on He Ara Āwhina began with the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (Initial Commission) in October 2020. Find more information about the He Ara Āwhina framework here . Co-define phase October 2020 – February 2021 The Initial Commission sought feedback on why we should monitor