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Published: 3 April, 2025

The report provides: findings on what was delivered impact on people and the mental health and addiction landscape recommendations for the programme to achieve its objectives Selected key findings from the report on the use of Access and Choice services by Māori are included in a Kaupapa Māori primary

Published: 4 July, 2024

“We really need to know if there are population groups that are missing out, if people have real choice, and if services are high quality.

Published: April 2026

How we assess and monitor the system Our He Ara Āwhina (Pathways to Support) is a framework that describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. We use He Ara Āwhina to assess how our mental health and addiction system is delivering for people and communities.

Published: 30 November, 2022

“While we can and should take satisfaction from the progress made over the last three years, we need to ensure that people have mental health, wellbeing and addiction services when and where they are needed, and access to a diverse choice of services to suit their needs, so that they and those working

Published: June 2026

Who we are Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission – was established following He Ara Oranga, the 2018 inquiry into mental health and addiction, and is an independent monitor and advocate for mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published: 20 May, 2022

We commend the Government’s Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction, particularly the investment in community-based crisis services, specialist child and adolescent mental health and addiction services, and Kaupapa Māori services.

Published: February 2024

All online form responses are confidential, and people can choose to be anonymous. At the end of the online form, there are questions about consent and privacy. If people tell us they are happy with us using their name in our reports, we may do so with quotes from their online form.

Published: 20 May, 2025

Youth-focused mental health services are important as young people are currently facing longer wait times for specialist mental health and addiction services.

Published: January 2026

We are an organisation committed to being grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We have made a strong commitment to achieving better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and whānau. This is front and centre of who we are and what we do.

Published: 28 October, 2021

“Now we need to see that momentum continue and expand, so everyone can have a choice of primary mental health, wellbeing, and addiction services that is right for them, and people can access services where and when they are needed.”