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Published: 24 November, 2022

The report follows a decade of Treasury policy analysis of wellbeing using its Living Standards Framework and its He Ara Waiora wellbeing framework.

Published: August 2025

  The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020 was passed in June 2020, and we began to fulfil our new legislative functions in February 2021.  Functions of the Mental Health Commissioner transferred to the new organisation at this time.

Published: 25 August, 2026

The debate over restricting under-16 year olds from social media is moving quickly, but the voices of those most affected must be a part of whatever comes next.

Published: 13 December, 2023

to meet the needs of rangatahi and young people, deliver services that work for Māori, and  ensure anyone experiencing severe mental illness able to access care they need while having their right to choice respected.

Published: 10 July, 2025

He has living experience of using mental health services. He also has lived experience of youth and adult addiction services; child, youth, and family custody; and the youth and adult justice systems and corrections processes.

Published: November 2023

Read and download our Kia Toipoto Action Plan Kia Toipoto Action Plan 2023 - 2024 [PDF, 1.2 MB] Kia Toipoto Action Plan 2023 - 2024 [DOCX, 112 KB]

Published: May 2026

This report focuses on crisis responses over a five-year period, from January 2020 to December 2024. Crisis responses form a critical function in ensuring people and whānau who are experiencing crisis get the urgent support they need.

Published: January 2024

March [PDF, 170KB] Meeting 37 - 25 January [PDF, 170KB]     2023 meeting summaries Meeting 35 -26 October [PDF, 169KB] Meeting 32 - 15 June [PDF, 169 KB] Meeting 30 - 27 April [PDF, 184 KB] Meeting 29 - 23 March [PDF, 169 KB] Meeting 28 - 16 February [PDF, 171 KB] 2022 meeting summaries Meeting

Published: 31 October, 2025

Wayne Langford, appointed in September 2024, will continues his term as a member. At the same time as welcoming these changes, two long standing board members are being farewelled. Both Kevin Hague and Alex El Amanni have been on the board since its inception in February 2021.

Published: May 2026

In the 2026 assessment, we report there has been no improvement in any of the 22 measures we looked at, for people who interact with specialist mental health and addiction services, between 2018 and 2023.