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Published: 10 July, 2025

The assessment released on 25 June is our first assessment comparing the status of wellbeing for people who interact with mental health and addiction services when compared compared to the rest of the population.

Published: 23 May, 2024

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Published: 30 April, 2026

  Read and download the new reports  

Published: November 2025

Whāinga Amorangi is a cross-agency work programme designed to lift the Māori Crown relations capability of the public service.

Published: 30 April, 2026

  Maggie Shippam, PhD Candidate Maggie Shippam is a PhD Candidate in the School of Health at Victoria University of Wellington. The focus of their PhD research is on the health and wellbeing of young adults with ADHD in Aotearoa.

Published: 14 November, 2019

  Chair of the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission presents at the Ministry of Health's forum on 'Enabling Wellbeing'. Check out the full presentation on the  Ministry's YouTube channel .

Published: 28 August, 2024

We answer the question: ‘Where has the funding gone?’

Published: 9 April, 2026

The 13 measures in this Summary Set provide an overview across the breadth of He Ara Āwhina monitoring framework. A key role for Te Hiringa Mahara is to independently monitor the wellbeing, mental health and addiction system. We created this information as part of a wider monitoring plan.

Published: May 2026

This report makes two recommendations on what needs to happen to improve crisis responses in both the short term and the longer term.  Our key findings include: Crisis services are hard to navigate, fragmented and patchy, and many people don’t get the help they need.

Published: June 2026

These gains are not yet reaching the people with the highest needs in the way they need to. We need a system that works for everyone: one that provides support early, responds effectively in crisis,  is easy to access, and delivers equitable outcomes.