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Published: 8 September, 2026

          "The Review has set out clear recommendations that Te Hiringa Mahara fully supports. “We are particularly pleased to see the focus on young people’s telehealth services and the challenge they face responding to demands.

Published: 11 June, 2025

“There continues to be significant unmet need for professional help for mental health among young people, Māori, Pacific peoples and disabled adults.”

Published: 1 February, 2024

the suite of proposed health targets, focused on improving access to mental health and addiction services allocating funding and commissioning a phased prevalence survey of mental health and wellbeing starting with children and young people.

Published: September 2023

It’s okay to reach out if you need to or, if you’re worried about someone else, to encourage them to reach out. We all need a bit of support from time to time.

Published: 28 May, 2026

"It’s critical that when people reach out for help, they have someone to call, someone to respond and somewhere safe and welcoming to go, when and where they need it. "The current system doesn’t always work well for Māori, young people or those living rurally in particular.

Published: 16 September, 2024

  Our work on wellbeing for rangatahi and young people highlighted that, amongst other factors, connection to whānau and culture develops cultural resilience, which is integral to wellbeing and needs to be supported and fostered.

Published: 31 May, 2023

All services need to urgently address these inequities, and we want to see more by Māori, for Māori approaches, such as kaupapa Māori services There have been substantial increases in medication dispensing, particularly for young people, and this warrants investigation whether young people have a full

Published: 18 August, 2022

Young people reported much higher levels of psychological distress than in previous years, and have been particularly affected by job loss, anxiety, and stress about education.

Published: February 2026

We support the provisions in the Bill for promoting people’s own decision-making through advocacy and support roles, arrangements for hui whaiora (well-being meetings), and an ability for people to make their own statements about future care.

Published: 1 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.