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  • Mental Health Bill

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    We support the Bill’s introduction of assessment of people’s decision-making capacity as part of new criteria for compulsory assessment and treatment of people. This is a welcome shift towards a modern supported decision-making legislative framework for specialist mental health care.

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    early signs of distress, Te Hiringa Mahara has published an Effectiveness review and Evidence brief.

  • Governance

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      She is Chair of the Global Leaders Exchange for mental health and disability. She has a doctorate in education from Macquarie University Sydney and in 2011 was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to mental health.

  • Crisis response literature scan downloads

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    The scan finds that international system-wide models show the benefits of national coordination, standards, and infrastructure, while kaupapa Māori and peer-led initiatives in Aotearoa highlight the transformative impact of culturally grounded, whānau-led, and relational approaches.

  • Mental Health Bill debate stalled

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    “The message was received loud and clear; the current Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 is outdated and in need of a review. Repealing and replacing the law is one of 40 recommendations made in the Inquiry report.

  • Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner

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    She has brought deep expertise and connection with lived experience perspectives and a broad knowledge of the mental health and wellbeing system. Taimi has played an active role in the first two and half years of the Commission.

  • Deepening inequities in the mental health system call for action

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    In its submission on the Mental Health Bill, Te Hiringa Mahara called for an end to seclusion in Aotearoa, and a significant reduction, and eventual phase‑out, of compulsory community treatment orders.

  • Briefings to Incoming Ministers (BIMs) publicly released

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    The briefing is our perspective on an overview of mental health and wellbeing in New Zealand, and outlines current issues and opportunities in these portfolios.

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report

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    We continue to see the impact of workforce shortages, and are concerned about challenges of coordination and consistency of care for tāngata whaiora.

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    He Ara Oranga, the 2018 Inquiry into mental health and addiction, called for a repeal and replacement of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, to "reflect modern approaches to human rights, supported decision-making and informed consent".