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Published: 21 March, 2024

The announcement today by the Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey that a new mental health and addiction peer support service will be set up in hospital emergency departments is a positive move.

Published: 29 May, 2025

  “We are concerned there is not sufficient capacity within the health system to cope with increasing needs. By bringing a dedicated focus to investment, workforce and removing barriers, we will ensure more people will get the help they need.”

Published: April 2026

He Ara Āwhina | Pathways to Support Summary Set - 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 He Ara Āwhina dashboard - April 2026 This dashboard pulls together

Published: 16 June, 2022

With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive. Karen Orsborn is the chief executive for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. A copy of the article can be read on the New Zealand Herald website

Published: May 2026

Health NZ develops a nationally cohesive, networked crisis response system by 30 June 2027.

Published: 13 December, 2023

   During the year we met with kindred agencies in Australia as a member of the Australasian Joint Mental Health Commissioner Forum. We participated in forums organised by the World Federation for Mental Health and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL).

Published: 9 April, 2026

The summary set and dashboard are part of our suite of monitoring products and provide curated information on mental health and wellbeing for use by interested stakeholders and complements our other reporting.

Published: January 2026

  Sign-up here   Transparency Statement The objective of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in performing its functions and exercising its powers, under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020, is to contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing

Published: November 2025

Who we are Learn more about where we've come from and our role. Our people Find more information about the people at Te Hiringa Mahara. Accountability documents Read and download our Statement of Intent (SOI), Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) and Annual Report.

Published: January 2026

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