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Published: 20 April, 2026

“Behind this Bill are 5000 voices who shared their experiences during the government’s Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction back in 2018,” says Te Hiringa Mahara Director of Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, Sonya Russell.

Published: 13 December, 2022

Filipo Katavake-McGrath, Te Hiringa Mahara Director of Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights. “Anxiety and fear continue to be a challenge for older people” Attitudes toward ageing and older people have changed.

Published: 12 September, 2023

  Earlier this year, we released Te Huringa Tuarua 2023, a suite of connected reports: a summary report as well as three focus reports on kaupapa Māori services, lived experience of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders and admission of young people to adult inpatient services.

Published: 15 December, 2025

  The conversations notes showed “….a strong appetite for courageous system change, collaboration over competition, and investment that honours lived experience, youth leadership, and community power.”  We acknowledge the facilitation by Ember Innovations team led by Anya Satyanand.

Published: 1 December, 2021

We are currently in the important stage of mahi (work) to develop the methods and measures for how we will monitor and assess the mental health and addiction system.

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: 23 July, 2024

She has an extensive background in the Dept of Justice, primary and secondary mental health services, supervising staff and portfolio management experience.

Published: 1 November, 2022

What people told us, and the changes made in response, have been summarised in the following documents below Downloads Summary of consultation with Māori Download Summary of consultation with Māori Download Summary of Lived Experience and Tāngata Whaiora Consultation Download Summary of Lived Experience

Published: 27 January, 2022

This is the kind of targeted approach that is needed to ensure that people who experience mental distress and those who experience addictions, have equitable and timely access to the vaccination.

Published: February 2026

Report This paper shows the critical role of the peer support and lived experience workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised.