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Published: 27 June, 2023

To ensure a more balanced allocation of resources, we call for an increase in funding for kaupapa Māori services to address inequities in the funding model. This includes an allocation of any new mental health and addictions investment allocated to kaupapa Māori services.

Published: 22 March, 2023

Investing in and re-establishing social infrastructure will help re-establish a sense of community and enough resilience to mitigate many of the worst mental health, addiction, and wellbeing effects of any future crises.

Published: 1 October, 2020

This diverse group of experts shared their expertise and perspectives and guided the co-design of the vision of what a system of services, support, and approaches should look like for people and whānau who experience mental distress, substance use harm, or gambling harm (or a combination of these).

Published: September 2023

Whatever support you’re looking for, there is a variety of online tools and helplines. If it is an emergency situation and anyone is in immediate physical danger, phone 111. Alternatively, you can go to your nearest hospital emergency department (ED).

Published: 15 May, 2023

Rangatahi Māori and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand feel they are facing an uncertain future with inherited social, economic, and environmental challenges. “Young people are the future generation, leaders, and valuable members of our communities.

Published: January 2026

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Published: January 2026

  Our new name embraces our role as kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing and is an expression of the commitment to being an organisation grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Hiringa Mahara is inclusive of all people, Tangata Whenua and Tangata Tiriti.

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: January 2026

In 2018, government commissioned an independent inquiry into mental health and addiction in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published: 20 April, 2026

A new Mental Health Act is needed to support the reduction and ultimately the end of seclusion and enable clear pathways for safe and rights-based alternatives.