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Published: 1 November, 2022

The He Ara Āwhina co-development phase ran from March 2021 to June 2022. A draft version of He Ara Āwhina went out for public consultation for six weeks from 8 March to 19 April 2022.

Published: January 2026

He is the former CEO of Tui Ora Limited, a position he held for 25 years, and was Chair of the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.

Published: 10 July, 2025

He has living experience of using mental health services. He also has lived experience of youth and adult addiction services; child, youth, and family custody; and the youth and adult justice systems and corrections processes.

Published: 17 June, 2020

The Initial Commission is releasing a report, Upholding the Wero Laid in He Ara Oranga, on Thursday 25 June 2020. This report describes progress of Government’s response to He Ara Oranga and offers advice for Government to consider in these early days of system transformation.

Published: 20 May, 2025

Read the Commission's submission on the Mental Health Bill (PDF, 284 KB) This commentary was first published by Horizon magazine

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: April 2026

He Ara Āwhina Framework Our He Ara Āwhina (Pathways to Support) framework describes how our system delivers for tāngata whaiora and whānau. Mental health and addiction service monitoring reports Our mental health and addiction service monitoring reports published since 2022. Updated April 2026.

Published: 13 December, 2023

You can find full details in our latest Annual Report [PDF, 642 KB] which was tabled in Parliament last week. We have previously shared our plans for 2023/24, see our 2023/24 Statement of Performance Expectations [PDF, 6.2MB] .

Published: 24 July, 2024

Tēnei te mihi aroha, te mihi maioha ki a koutou katoa - Our compassion and acknowledgement to you all   He hōnore, he maumahara ki te hunga tamariki kua mate - we honour and remember the children no longer with us He hōnore, he maumahara ki te hunga tamariki, taipakeke e ora ana, e wahakōrero ana

Published: 20 May, 2022

  "We see this latest announcement as a move in the right direction towards addressing issues raised in our recent Te Huringa report and transforming the system toward the vision of He Ara Oranga.