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Published: April 2026

How we assess and monitor the system Our He Ara Āwhina (Pathways to Support) is a framework that describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. We use He Ara Āwhina to assess how our mental health and addiction system is delivering for people and communities.

Published: 2 October, 2025

The published data will provide the mental health and wellbeing context for people that we advocate for. As part of our broader influence and advocacy work we will maintain an independent view of the state of suicide and self-harm for people in New Zealand, Aotearoa.

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: February 2026

The Bill’s second half retains substituted decision-making roles and processes that are largely unchanged from the current Act (such as a responsible clinician and a court hearing as the model for applications and orders for compulsory care). Implementing the new law The system is under pressure.

Published: 1 December, 2022

It is important that our understanding of the pandemic, and our planning for the future – both responding to crises and supporting wider wellbeing – recognises that older people are not one monolithic group.

Published: 10 October, 2022

The wellbeing analysis in the report draws on the He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework, which describes the aspects of good wellbeing in Aotearoa and guides the way we monitor the systems that influence wellbeing in our communities.

Published: 25 June, 2026

“I acknowledge the pivotal role that Chief Executive Karen Orsborn has played. She joined during the establishment phase and has built the organisation up from scratch. I am very pleased she recently agreed to extend her term at the helm for another three years.”

Published: 16 June, 2022

confinement, where a person is restricted, alone, in an area or room that they cannot leave.

Published: 8 April, 2026

The Strategy has been updated since then, but the themes of that advice are still relevant, including the need for increased investment in Kaupapa Māori services and effort to address the disproportionate need experienced by Māori.

Published: 6 August, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes today’s release of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and its implementation plan. The Strategy is an important step toward a mental health and addiction system that is easier for people to access and better able to support them when they need help.