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Published: 21 March, 2024

We are asking what more can be done to provide a range of options when people are acutely distressed. We need to make sure support is readily accessible when people are first looking for help,” Ms Orsborn said.

Published: August 2026

Young people in particular are experiencing higher rates of psychological distress and are struggling to access the services that are age-appropriate when needed and early in the course of their journey. For Māori, they are experiencing high rates of unmet need and also coercive practices.

Published: 10 March, 2026

For solutions to work, balancing the benefits of being online while minimising the harms experienced by young people is key.

Published: 4 November, 2025

“A highly effective crisis response system is at the heart of mental health and addiction services. When people are in crisis it is often where the system either supports someone or fails them. It’s that important.”  “We need to build a system that supports people when and where they need it.

Published: February 2024

We also want to hear from whānau, family, and supporters of people with these experiences. What sort of things are being asked? We have two separate online forms, each with their own set of questions.

Published: 5 June, 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: 20 April, 2026

“Te Hiringa Mahara is urging all parties to come together, take on board the voices of the public that will improve things for people receiving support and their whānau, and move this Bill forward,” says Ms Russell.

Published: 23 October, 2024

Jamie Allen, the founder of Taranaki Retreat, explains this concept using the language of a “window of opportunity”: seeing crisis as a moment in time where there is an opportunity for tāngata whaiora and their supporters to address what is leading to the distress and to find alternative and sustainable

Published: 24 June, 2026

'The roadmap draws on five years of monitoring and advocacy.

Published: 5 June, 2024

Of those seeking specialist support the decrease for addiction services is higher than mental health services. “There is now an expanded range of services for people seeking initial help with their mental health or addiction through GPs and other primary services and this is a real positive.