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Published: 5 June, 2024

There have been significant changes in access to mental health and addiction over the past five years a monitoring report released today by Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows.

Published: 25 June, 2020

Money is flowing into mental health to support more people and there are pockets of success and innovation to expand access and increase choice for mental health and addiction services.

Published: 28 October, 2021

The programme, developed in response to recommendations in He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction , has a particular focus on people with mild-to-moderate mental health and addiction needs and improving access to primary mental health, wellbeing and addiction

Published: 24 March, 2025

Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa acknowledges and recognises the long term and sustainable efforts required to achieve mental health wellbeing. The focus is to influence, promote and advocate on the continued improvement of mental health care.

Published: December 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara stakeholder survey results 2025 [PDF, 2.7MB] Te Hiringa Mahara stakeholder survey results 2025 [DOCX, 16MB] 2023 engagement survey summary report   In June 2023 we surveyed a group of key stakeholders inclusive of Māori, tāngata whaiora (people seeking wellness), whānau, family

Published: 6 August, 2026

The plan misses a chance to make faster, clearer improvements for young people’s mental health over the next three years. “We welcome the commitment to develop a separate youth mental health and addiction plan.

Published: August 2026

The latest report from Te Hiringa Mahara, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, serves as a report card to show how well the mental health and addiction system is meeting the needs of the people it's there to serve.

Published: 30 April, 2026

  The 2024/25 New Zealand Health Survey found 1 in 5 of 15–24-year-olds experienced high to very high psychological distress. Primary and specialist mental health and addiction services cannot meet need at this scale.

Published: April 2026

We have also published relevant population level findings on mental health and substance use from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 .

Published: January 2026

Data used for the assessment of mental health service access was taken from Kua Tìmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun . The 204 mental health and addiction service monitoring report drew on data from Health NZ, Te Aka Whai Ora, Ministry of Health, Whakarongorau Aotearoa and other agencies.