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Published: 29 May, 2025

And the percentage of declined referrals has almost doubled over the last five years from 4.7% of total referrals in 2019/20 to 8.6% in 2023/24. “A reported surge in methamphetamine use in the last year is likely to put further pressure on services.

Published: February 2026

Increasing the range of acute options provides people with viable and welcome alternatives that allow them to stay safe and supported in their local community during acute mental health events.

Published: 10 October, 2022

Te Hiringa Mahara is producing 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: August 2026

The latest report from Te Hiringa Mahara, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, serves as a report card to show how well the mental health and addiction system is meeting the needs of the people it's there to serve.

Published: 1 October, 2020

Advice from the EAG and feedback from tāngata whaiora, whānau and organisations guided us to strengthen and clarify content in the framework. The final version of He Ara Āwhina was published 30 June 2022. Find more information about the He Ara Āwhina framework here .

Published: May 2026

It shows the pathways of people who are entering mental health and addiction services in crisis and how they journey through these services in Aotearoa New Zealand. The model looks at common pathways without revealing any individual identifying information.

Published: 7 August, 2025

We have built a strong knowledge base and our reports, and other work, are highly valued by our key stakeholders. With the period covered by the previous Statement of Intent coming to an end, it was timely to develop our next strategy.

Published: 27 September, 2024

   At the next meeting of the Board in October, Wayne will be welcomed and begin his five-year term. The role of the Board is to provide strategic guidance and oversight of our work and make sure that we perform our functions effectively and in a financially-responsible manner.

Published: July 2026

We are pleased to share the progress that we have made over the last year. We have worked to our mandate, delivered insights on issues for mental health and wellbeing that are important to people and advocated for improvements to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published: 4 November, 2025

Our reporting shows that current crisis services are hard to navigate, fragmented and patchy, and people don’t always get the help they need.