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  • Prioritising youth voices necessary to improve wellbeing

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    “Young people have solutions and are experts in their own right. What we need is to collectively and urgently ensure that there are real opportunities for young people to be involved in decisions that impact them.

  • Get involved

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    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.

  • Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own

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    We are concerned that blanket age-based bans are too simplistic, impractical, easy to get around, hard to enforce, and can push young people to more dangerous corners of the internet. It also does not address the factors that are driving increasing distress.

  • Crisis response interactive pathways model

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    Crisis responses are a critical part of an effective mental health and addiction system. However, crisis response pathways are hard to navigate, fragmented, and patchy, and many people don’t get the help they need. In November 2025 we published Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report .

  • Time called on compulsory community mental health treatment

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    Use of these orders is not aligned with New Zealand’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi and human rights obligations and they are not effective.”  Compulsory community treatment orders (CCTO) are granted by a judge following an application by a clinician.

  • Improve wellbeing for rangatahi Māori and young people

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        We are seeing improvements After increasing for four years, young people are receiving fewer mental health medications. Our last year of reporting shows a decrease of young people being admitted to adult in-patient mental health services.

  • Advocacy

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    There are many ways that you can support our advocacy: Sign up for updates from us to learn more about what we are doing Have your say when we monitor mental health and addiction services Attend our webinars Invite us to meet with you or speak at upcoming events by emailing kiaora@mhwc.govt.nz  

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy is a positive step, but people need to see real change

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    This includes young people as we are seeing increasing numbers who need more support.  “The Strategy sets the direction for the next 10 years.

  • Assessment of progress - implementation of Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga recommendations downloads

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      There are still some areas that need further work, particularly ensuring that services meet the needs of population groups who are not always been well served by mental health and addiction services — Māori and young people.  

  • New Te Hiringa Mahara Board appointments welcomed

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    Up to seven members are appointed by the Governor-General, under the Crown Entities Act 2004.