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Published: 27 January, 2022

January figures from the Ministry of Health indicate that mental health service users have full vaccination rates that are 9% lower than the general population, and rates amongst addiction service users are 19% lower than the general population. The figures for Māori are also concerning.

Published: 15 December, 2025

   For TheMHS executive director Peter Gianfrancesco, this is about more than a conference.

Published: August 2025

for each project or area of work that we undertake, so that we involve people with directly relevant personal experience in each project Monitoring together – the issues people share with us to inform our monitoring, and we talk to people with lived experience when we monitor wellbeing and when we monitor

Published: March 2024

The He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes framework was developed with lived experience communities and focusses on describing what wellbeing looks like from a te ao Māori perspective and from a shared perspective.

Published: 7 August, 2025

In July 2025 the Commission began operating under a refreshed organisational strategy that sets out how we work and what we will deliver over the next four years.

Published: January 2026

Launching the new commission On Wednesday, 14 April 2021, Te Hiringa Mahara -- Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission held an event to acknowledge the establishment of Te Hiringa Mahara, which officially opened its doors on Wednesday, 9 February 2021.

Published: 13 December, 2023

  Mental health is more visible than ever before, and not always for the right reasons.   What we need is a responsive mental health and addiction system where those that are most impacted by mental distress get the right support.

Published: February 2026

Each perspective of He Ara Āwhina has six system aspirations that describe what good looks like for tāngata whaiora and whānau from their voices.

Published: 13 December, 2023

By drawing on what rangatahi and young people have shared with us and a review of literature we identified four major themes that need action to improve wellbeing.

Published: 17 June, 2020

“While change is happening, we want to see Government strengthening the commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by partnering with Māori and people with lived experience of mental health and addiction to design services – and a system – that everyone can trust.”