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Published: February 2026

This was the highest percentage of any age group. 23.8% of Pacific adults (about 69,000 people) and 22.5% of Māori adults (about 147,000 people) experienced high or very high psychological distress.

Published: 5 June, 2024

There remains much more to do to ensure that those needing a higher level of care get the support they need,” says Karen Orsborn, chief executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. “It is a real step forward that a significant number of people are getting early access to help.

Published: 8 June, 2022

“Irrespective of its inclusion in law, we call on the Minister of Health and the Ministry of Health to make a commitment to delivering such a strategy as a priority in the planning of the transformed health system in Aotearoa.

Published: 3 April, 2025

It includes specific services to meet the needs of rangatahi and young people, Māori and Pacific peoples. This is in line with levels of need experienced by these population groups. One marker of need is rates of moderate levels psychological distress.

Published: 8 September, 2026

  “Ensuring highly effective telehealth services are available to people is a cornerstone of a well-functioning continuum of services for people to draw on when it’s most needed.

Published: April 2026

Report Te Huringa Tuarua: Lived experiences of CCTOs report Read our Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders report released July 2023.

Published: 5 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: 28 May, 2026

"The longer we put off expanding the range of support in the face of growing rates of psychological distress, the worse it will be for people seeking help," says Ms Orsborn.

Published: 18 February, 2025

We used an extract date of 23 October 2024, in line with the best practice of waiting 3 months or more from reference year end.  Related works Find all of our service monitoring products released in 2025.

Published: 14 September, 2026

 My experience has reinforced that consistent progress requires real commitment and high levels of accountability.  We must have visibility of both the money and the mix and levels of staffing, then monitor what difference these make.