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Published: 29 June, 2023

Peer support is often unacknowledged and under-valued however it has been shown to improve hope, psychosocial outcomes and quality of life for tāngata whaiora / people.

Published: 5 December, 2024

The report provides a detailed breakdown of our achievements related to our four strategic objectives: Advancing mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and whānau Achieving equity for priority populations Advocating for a mental health and addiction system that has people and whānau at the centre

Published: 29 August, 2023

Mā Te Rongo Ake / Through Listening and Hearing The Initial Commission was responsible for monitoring and providing advice on progress of the Government’s system transformation response to He Ara Oranga. This included monitoring progress on the implementation of kaupapa Māori approaches.

Published: 1 July, 2021

When they started this work, their aim was to ensure that everyone could have their say on how the system will monitor, measure and improve our country's mental health and wellbeing.

Published: January 2026

Urupare Mōrearea: crisis response services monitoring report (November 2025) Access and choice report at 5 years Kaupapa Maori services infographic - Te Reo and English (April 2025)  Kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services infographic (July 2025) Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has

Published: 30 April, 2026

Programmes and interventions included were those that had been evaluated in the last 10 years and where the studies examined whether supports improved distress, anxiety or depressive symptoms, among young people aged 12–24 years.

Published: 24 June, 2026

As well as introducing recent work by the Commission, this is your chance to find out more about what is coming up. There will be a Q and A session, with an opportunity to submit questions during the webinar. We will do our best to get through all questions asked.

Published: January 2026

We are committed to being grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and working in partnership with Māori as tangata whenua. We want our workforce to reflect our communities across Aotearoa and are actively seeking applications from people who represent that diversity.

Published: 30 November, 2022

See the media release:  Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain Our Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years was published in January 2024.

Published: 2 September, 2025

  The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member. Download the Crisis responses to mental health and/or substance use: What works? A literature scan (August 2025)