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Published: 16 June, 2026

  “There are signs of progress across the system, however of the six focus areas we measure, only workforce is improving and ‘on track’.

Published: February 2026

The purpose of this summary is to provide a synthesis of key mental health and substance use findings from the NZ Health Survey. We want to maximise available evidence to drive improved decision making.

Published: 13 December, 2023

   The last thing we want to see is rangatahi and young people who are experiencing severe or acute distress, struggling to access support. A spectrum of age-appropriate services for rangatahi and young people needs to be available to anyone regardless of where they live in Aotearoa.

Published: 13 December, 2023

A highlight for the team last year was a noho marae hosted by Te Āti Awa. We are planning further wananga in the coming year.  This is a short snapshot of our journey over the past year.

Published: 29 May, 2025

The purpose of these data summaries is to highlight and bring together key monitoring findings for specialist addiction services, and access to mental health and addiction services.

Published: 4 November, 2025

It shows pathways from crisis through the system. Improving crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand webinar Watch the recording of a webinar providing an overview of how crisis responses are working across Aotearoa New Zealand, and how to improve them. December 2025.

Published: 24 September, 2021

Hayden Wano says the Access and Choice Programme, funded through the mental health and addictions package, is critical to give people access to services and supports when we need them and for there to be a greater range of choice as to the type of support and service options available.

Published: January 2026

These complaints are managed by the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC).

Published: 2 February, 2022

 The Pae Ora Bill should not only provide an opportunity to enshrine the mental health and addiction system transformation proposed by the He Ara Oranga inquiry report in law, but also ensure that the voices of people experiencing mental distress and other challenges are heard and acted

Published: 5 December, 2024

Annual reports are a core reporting requirement under the Crown Entities Act 2004 and meet our obligations under the Public Finance Act 1989. They provide government and the public with a substantive report on how we have progressed with achieving our objectives and how we have used our funding.