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Published: 24 March, 2025

Register now Lived experience communities speak about the continued challenges of accessing the right support at the right time when they are experiencing a crisis. Data on monitoring services also highlights that crisis responses are a challenge.

Published: 6 August, 2026

We are pleased to see commitments to end the use of seclusion, improve cross-government action, and give people with lived experience a stronger voice in leadership and support. “We welcome the focus on recruitment, retention and the wellbeing of our workforce including the peer workforce.

Published: 16 February, 2024

    This report comes at a time when rangatahi and young people are experiencing higher rates of mental distress and longer wait times to access support.

Published: 2 September, 2025

The session provided an overview of the literature scan and featured speakers showcasing examples of crisis response in practice, including in peer-led services and co-response teams.

Published: January 2026

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Published: 25 August, 2022

The numbers of young people involved are significant, he said.  “There are 4,800 children and young people currently in the care and protection of Oranga Tamariki. Of those, 57 per cent are Māori, 11 per cent are both Māori and Pasifika and 6 per cent are Pasifika.

Published: 10 July, 2023

We want to see services and courts implementing cultural and other practices that ensure tāngata whaiora as well as whānau and family perspectives are heard, and tāngata whaiora make the decisions about their care.

Published: 24 November, 2022

The report also found that our school bullying rates are the highest in the OECD. “This year, communities of young people have told us they are most concerned about bleak futures; social media and safety online; racism and discrimination; and intergenerational connection and whānau support.

Published: 6 July, 2026

"We acknowledge the journey to get here and everyone who has contributed to these changes to mental health law envisioned in the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry report He Ara Oranga published eight years ago."

Published: 13 December, 2023

   Everybody wants to focus on the ground improvements, yet we do need to be clear we are heading in the right direction and scarce resources are well targeted.