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Published: 8 April, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara has provided independent advice to the Minister for Mental Health on the development of the strategy. This was provided in May and June 2025, and then in February 2026.

Published: January 2026

He is often referred to as the YOLOFarmer, a social media platform highlighting mental health in the rural sector. He is also the co-founder of Meat the Need, a charity providing farmer-donated mince and milk to food banks all across NZ.

Published: December 2023

Reports to the Minister Read and download our reports to the Minister Kia Toipoto - Public Service Pay Gaps Action Plan Read and download our Kia Toipoto - Public Service Pay Gaps Action Plan here OIAs Find more information and download the proactively released responses to Official Information Act requests

Published: 23 October, 2024

  Te Hiringa Mahara has brought much needed attention to a wide range of options that haven’t always got the limelight they deserve in our Acute options for mental health care insights paper . While services are diverse, there are some key elements that contribute to their success.

Published: May 2026

What matters for mental wellbeing – where to focus for cross government action Our mental health and addiction service and system monitoring reports have shown that services and the system are under immense pressure.

Published: 25 February, 2026

   We present measures from across the Access and Options domain of our He Ara Awhina monitoring framework to help us understand how tāngata whaiora access services and how services are performing within a wider system.

Published: 23 May, 2024

Key Findings Pacific people are experiencing inequities in mental health outcomes The ‘Pacific dream’ is yet to be realised Education is a critical pathway to future wellbeing Meaningful employment and adequate income are required for Pacific people to thrive There is a positive link between stable housing

Published: 18 August, 2022

Te Hiringa Mahara believes that having better access and options for support is more important now than ever, because of the increased pressure COVID-19 has placed on people and communities and the health workforce that supports them.

Published: 15 December, 2025

The recommendations Te Hiringa Mahara made in Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga and the Assessment of progress report show that this process can influence positive changes, and we are committed to ongoing monitoring of recommendations we will continue to make.

Published: 4 September, 2023

Rangatahi and young people should be able to access the right support where and when they need,” says Karen Orsborn, Te Hiringa Mahara chief executive.