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Published: 1 May, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara has produced a series of short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus.

Published: 1 October, 2020

This diverse group of experts shared their expertise and perspectives and guided the co-design of the vision of what a system of services, support, and approaches should look like for people and whānau who experience mental distress, substance use harm, or gambling harm (or a combination of these).

Published: 1 November, 2022

and Tāngata Whaiora Consultation Download Summary of consultation He Ara Āwhina AOD Report Download Summary of consultation He Ara Āwhina AOD Report Download Summary of consultation for the Shared Perspective Download Summary of consultation for the Shared Perspective Download

Published: January 2026

The Initial Commission undertook some, but not all, of the functions of Te Hiringa Mahara.

Published: 23 October, 2024

The benefits of this type of care model are examined in our recently released insights paper on acute options for mental health care. Our Lived Experience team prepared the following overview of the paper.

Published: 4 January, 2023

As kaitiaki (guardian) of mental health and wellbeing, Te Hiringa Mahara works to ensure the voices of Māori and tāngata whaiora (people with lived experience of distress and addiction, substance, or gambling harm) can be heard and given prominence.

Published: 9 April, 2026

This summary set of measures provides an at-a-glance overview of mental health and addiction service performance across the domains of He Ara Āwhina | Pathways to Support framework. We use the framework to monitor service performance over time.

Published: May 2026

Effectiveness of early intervention and secondary prevention supports for young people Review of the effectiveness of early intervention and secondary prevention approaches for rangatahi and young people experiencing early signs of distress. Published 30 April 2026.

Published: 25 February, 2026

At a population level young people are reporting increasing levels of psychological distress. In our summary of NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 data, the trend of increasing high levels of psychological distress is not slowing down.

Published: 23 May, 2024

The report, Achieving equity of Pacific mental health and wellbeing outcomes , offers a snapshot of New Zealand’s Pacific peoples state of wellbeing. Across almost every measure of wellbeing, Pacific peoples face greater challenges than the rest of the population.