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Published: May 2026

Our key findings include: Crisis services are hard to navigate, fragmented and patchy, and many people don’t get the help they need. Fewer people have a recorded crisis activity, however, a higher proportion are urgent, particularly for Māori and young people.

Published: 10 July, 2025

The panel discussed findings from the assessment, approaches to improving wellbeing for whānau Māori, and lived experience perspectives of social determinants.

Published: 11 June, 2025

We present monitoring findings against the shifts. This is released as part of our system leadership monitoring role. The purpose of this report is to assess how the system is performing to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora and whānau.

Published: 3 April, 2025

 Access and choice programme at five years webinar recording Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar outlining key findings from our new, independent report: Access and Choice Programme: Monitoring report on progress and achievements at five years .

Published: January 2026

  She is a strong advocate for embedding Asian voices in policy, strategy, research, funding decisions, and service design.

Published: 23 May, 2024

Key Findings Pacific people are experiencing inequities in mental health outcomes The ‘Pacific dream’ is yet to be realised Education is a critical pathway to future wellbeing Meaningful employment and adequate income are required for Pacific people to thrive There is a positive link between stable housing

Published: 27 January, 2022

Vaccination is a wellbeing issue, and if these groups are again finding themselves outside the mainstream on vaccination and more vulnerable to COVID-19, then this is going to reduce their sense of wellbeing and their mental health.

Published: 17 June, 2020

The Commission will be up and running in 2021. “We thank the Mental Health Commissioner for supporting the establishment of the Commission and we will continue working together to ensure that their duties are transferred seamlessly to the permanent Commission,” says Mr Wano.

Published: 12 September, 2023

  We are delighted to announce that we will be holding a series of webinars where we will share key findings as well as our calls to action from our recent mental health and addiction service monitoring reports.

Published: 15 March, 2023

populations Immediate support should be provided to community groups, especially marae, as these entities are integral to supporting wellbeing It is crucial to re-establish infrastructure that supports connection and communities, ensuring local social hubs, such as marae and libraries, are up and running