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Published: 27 June, 2024

Across the board, young people who are disabled and those that identify as LGBTQIA+experience more discrimination, loneliness, lower trust in others, and feeling like what they do is worthwhile.

Published: 12 May, 2023

   “Māori wellbeing is often referred to as being collective, and exercising rangatiratanga (self-determination, sovereignty, independence, autonomy) is a contributor to a range of positive wellbeing outcomes for iwi, hapū, and whānau.” Read the feedback in the article on Stuff

Published: 25 February, 2026

This is released as part of our regular monitoring role. Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is legislated to monitor mental health and addiction services.

Published: 18 February, 2025

The factsheet released today is part of broader monitoring work that Te Hiringa Mahara uses to assess how well the system is working. Our role is to draw attention to areas where improvements are needed as well as highlighting where things are working well.

Published: August 2025

health and addiction system, or through being denied support Treat lived experience as an unfinished sentence, asking ourselves “lived experience of…?”

Published: April 2026

This is a great time to join us and play a key role in supporting us as we assess and report on progress with system transformation, monitor mental health and addiction services, and advocate for the collective interests of people with lived experience of mental distress and/or addiction.

Published: 11 June, 2025

This is released as part of our system leadership monitoring role. The purpose of this report is to assess how the system is performing to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora and whānau.

Published: 13 December, 2022

As a result, we call for greater recognition of the involvement of older people in their communities and inclusion of older people in decision making affecting them.

Published: 15 December, 2025

TheMHS and Te Hiringa Mahara are working in partnership to run Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa as an annual event.   For TheMHS executive director Peter Gianfrancesco, this is about more than a conference.

Published: 8 September, 2026

“We will continue to monitor crisis responses as when people are in crisis, they need to be able to rely on an effective mental health response that can respond and escalate as needed.