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Published: 8 June, 2022

“Irrespective of its inclusion in law, we call on the Minister of Health and the Ministry of Health to make a commitment to delivering such a strategy as a priority in the planning of the transformed health system in Aotearoa.

Published: February 2026

This was the highest percentage of any age group. 23.8% of Pacific adults (about 69,000 people) and 22.5% of Māori adults (about 147,000 people) experienced high or very high psychological distress.

Published: 30 June, 2022

Trauma informed approaches are aware of power relations and create opportunities for people to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment.

Published: 3 April, 2025

It includes specific services to meet the needs of rangatahi and young people, Māori and Pacific peoples. This is in line with levels of need experienced by these population groups. One marker of need is rates of moderate levels psychological distress.

Published: 5 May, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara has produced a series of short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus.

Published: April 2026

Report Te Huringa Tuarua: Lived experiences of CCTOs report Read our Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders report released July 2023.

Published: 18 February, 2025

We used an extract date of 23 October 2024, in line with the best practice of waiting 3 months or more from reference year end.  Related works Find all of our service monitoring products released in 2025.

Published: 28 May, 2026

"The longer we put off expanding the range of support in the face of growing rates of psychological distress, the worse it will be for people seeking help," says Ms Orsborn.

Published: February 2026

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.

Published: 9 March, 2023

“There were increased reports of violence and more severe violence and lockdowns made it harder for people at risk to seek help,” says Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn. More than 20% of young people felt unsafe in their bubble at least some of the time.