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Published: 5 June, 2024

   This Voices report provides richness and depth to what we heard from tāngata whaiora, communities, and the mental health and addiction workforce across Aotearoa New Zealand about access to services and options available.

Published: 8 December, 2021

Te Rau Tira introduces our vision to improve wellbeing for communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our report measures wellbeing through our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework , which was developed alongside communities and created with people with lived experience of poor wellbeing.

Published: 29 August, 2023

It is a holistic wellbeing framework that focuses on wellbeing for all and is also relevant to those with lived experience of mental distress and addiction.

Published: 9 March, 2023

This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report,  COVID-19 and safety in the home [PDF, 248 KB] .

Published: 15 May, 2023

The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today.

Published: 3 December, 2025

These were directed towards Health New Zealand and the Government.  These five recommendations had a focus on improving access to mental health and addiction (MHA) services.

Published: 15 December, 2025

The day-long event was the first-time people from across the mental health and addiction sector have met to look at how crisis responses are working for people and their whānau.

Published: 30 June, 2022

Peer advocacy is when peers support tāngata whaiora or whānau to advocate for themselves in the mental health and addiction system or other wellbeing systems.

Published: January 2026

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Published: 14 February, 2023

This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report,  The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of rural communities in Aotearoa New Zealand .