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Published: 24 March, 2025

The Government has a strong interest in improving crisis responses and has initiated sector developments to support this improvement.

Published: 5 June, 2024

At the same time, we continue to hear that demand is increasing and people are reporting difficulties getting access to higher levels of care such as specialist services when needed. “If you can’t get help in one part of the system you’ll invariably turn elsewhere.

Published: January 2024

Our commitment to lived experience We have promised to uphold a ‘nothing about us, without us’ approach and to work together to transform the mental health and addiction system.

Published: 10 March, 2026

Yet the downsides of the online world for young people are well known and how to address these is now playing out on the international stage.

Published: 10 July, 2023

    “We are surprised to see that use of community treatment orders has increased in recent years, when people have been calling for a reduction in coercive practices,” Mr Wano said.

Published: January 2026

Eliminate admissions of rangatahi Māori and young people to adult in-patient mental health services.  

Published: 15 December, 2025

TheMHS and Te Hiringa Mahara are working in partnership to run Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa as an annual event.   For TheMHS executive director Peter Gianfrancesco, this is about more than a conference.

Published: June 2026

Most importantly, they would improve people’s day-to-day lives by making support easier to reach, ensuring services respond to people in ways that make sense to them, and ensuring people and whānau are treated with dignity when they need help.

Published: 29 June, 2023

Peer support workers make up approximately 3.4% of the total workforce and there is much more to do to increase the number and proportion of the total workforce that are peer workers.”

Published: 7 August, 2025

In the coming year we will bring renewed vigour to our role as a kaitiaki/guardian of mental health, addiction and wellbeing.