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Published: January 2026

   Barbara has been involved in a number of government reviews including chairing the review of the ACC Sensitive Claims pathway and as a panel member of the 2018 He Ara Oranga Mental Health Inquiry.

Published: 4 November, 2025

Our reporting shows that current crisis services are hard to navigate, fragmented and patchy, and people don’t always get the help they need. 

Published: 15 May, 2023

“Young people have solutions and are experts in their own right. What we need is to collectively and urgently ensure that there are real opportunities for young people to be involved in decisions that impact them.

Published: 23 May, 2024

“We know that improved mental health and wellbeing for people is driven by things that are out of their control. One example is adequate household income – Pacific young people are putting their learning on hold to support their families due to rising cost of living.

Published: 17 May, 2023

Young people speak out about Wellbeing: An insights report into the Wellbeing of Rangatahi Māori and other Young People in Aotearoa This report grows our collective understanding of the systems and determinants that affect rangatahi Māori and young people’s wellbeing, which in turn, influences mental

Published: January 2026

Practices like Compulsory Community Treatment Orders or seclusion, are enabled by: outdated mental health law (the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992),  a lack of understanding about the expertise of people to manage their own distress, and  a lack of safe, accessible

Published: 5 July, 2022

This has helped us to reflect on the essence of who we are and what we stand for in our te Reo name. 

Published: 25 July, 2023

   Prior to joining Te Hiringa Mahara board Jemaima contributed to the mental wellbeing of Aotearoa through her work with the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction in 2018, and the subsequent ground-breaking He Ara Oranga report.

Published: April 2024

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Published: 1 December, 2021

This group was active during 2022 and had a diverse membership that covered the broad scope of He Ara Āwhina, priority groups, and experience of both methods and measures (qualitative and quantitative). Find more information about the He Ara Āwhina framework here .