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Published: 31 May, 2023

“There have been substantial increases in medication dispensing, particularly for young people, and this warrants further exploration of whether young people have a full range of treatment options available. In addition, they continue to experience long waiting times to access specialist services.

Published: 18 February, 2025

The reasons behind a reduction in access to services were reported in our 2024 Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga service monitoring report.

Published: 10 July, 2023

    “We are surprised to see that use of community treatment orders has increased in recent years, when people have been calling for a reduction in coercive practices,” Mr Wano said.

Published: 11 June, 2025

In developing the six shifts we weighed up the contribution of key government inputs such as investment, legislation, policies, leadership, and workforce play, alongside services.

Published: 27 September, 2024

Wayne farms with his family in Golden Bay.    At the next meeting of the Board in October, Wayne will be welcomed and begin his five-year term.

Published: 15 December, 2025

  To capture the conversations and ideas being shared during the day, illustrator Kim Anderson was on hand. She has created six stunning visual stories that cover each of sessions during the day.   These illustrations are being shared under a Creative Commons licence 4.0.

Published: 22 March, 2022

“Enormous effort is going on to effect changes like this, which we believe will ultimately pay huge dividends in service improvement.” ENDS For further information, contact: Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission media@mhwc.govt.nz  or 021 613 723

Published: November 2023

Under some circumstances, information that was released to the person who made the original request may be redacted. In most cases, this is information related to the requester, such as their personal or commercial information.

Published: 8 June, 2022

We welcome the transformational approach taken in the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill, which passed its third reading yesterday. The Commission’s Chair Hayden Wano says the Government now has the means to ensure better mental health and wellbeing outcomes for future generations.

Published: May 2026

Youth wellbeing insights This insights report into the wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and other young people in Aotearoa was published in May 2023.