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Published: 30 November, 2022

“We are past the halfway point of the programme, and now is a good time to pause and reflect on whether the investment into community and primary care is paying the dividends identified in He Ara Oranga ,” says Te Hiringa Mahara Chair Hayden Wano.

Published: January 2026

outcomes infographic - June 2025 [PDF  1.3MB] Briefing on System performance monitoring report - June 2025 [PDF  322KB] Briefing on Meeting with Minister Doocey - June 2025 [PDF 321KB] Briefing on Initial advice from MHWC on the MHW Strategy - May 2025 [PDF  300KB] Briefing on He Ara

Published: 4 July, 2024

In particular, it is important services are tailored to meet the needs and choices expressed by Māori because of the high proportion of the population that experiences mental distress." Te Hiringa Mahara tracks a wide range of measures and reports on these in the He Ara Āwhina dashboard.

Published: 16 June, 2022

He Ara Oranga, the 2018 Inquiry into mental health and addiction, called for a repeal and replacement of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, to "reflect modern approaches to human rights, supported decision-making and informed consent".

Published: 22 March, 2022

Despite calls in 2018 from He Ara Oranga to minimise coercive treatment, our measures show an increase in the use of solitary confinement (seclusion) and no decrease in the use of community treatment orders.

Published: 30 April, 2026

He has worked in a range of lived experience roles, including youth governance and peer support. He is trained in Intentional Peer Support.  Maggie Shippam, PhD Candidate Maggie Shippam is a PhD Candidate in the School of Health at Victoria University of Wellington.

Published: 5 May, 2023

For improved future health and wellbeing outcomes, we recommend effective government support can be optimised when Māori responses are trusted, acted upon, and enabled through the realignment of wellbeing system processes.

Published: 5 November, 2025

The announcement was made at the inaugural Hauora Hinengaro: He ara tūroa conference that Te Hiringa Mahara is co-hosting with TheMHS in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The additional funding will provide for a range of crisis support services.

Published: 27 October, 2022

A range of factors affect people’s mental health and wellbeing, and we know that the impacts of the pandemic have not fallen evenly across Aotearoa.”

Published: 4 November, 2025

  The report recommendations come as a national conference on mental health, “Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa: Mental Health: An enduring pathway”, opens in Auckland on Wednesday 5 November.