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Published: 30 September, 2024

New Zealand is a step closer to getting accurate information about the level of mental health need in the community. Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, announced on 26 September that the Government will fund the first Child and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Prevalence survey.

Published: 19 August, 2026

  We are making available the full literature review, along with supporting documents, and a shorter Evidence brief that summarises the evidence and provides key takeaway messages for Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published: May 2026

Link to the interactive model The interactive model is available for use by anyone with an interest in modelling client pathways from various entry points to completion. To protect privacy, results for small population groups are not shown.

Published: 14 February, 2023

Around 16% of the population live in rural areas, and around 35% in total live outside of large urban areas - these figures are higher for Māori. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated pre-existing challenges and has had large impacts on these communities.

Published: February 2026

   Published: a report on the roll-out of the Access and Choice programme (published in April) a data summary on access to specialist mental health and addiction services (published in May)  Upcoming: update of the online He Ara Āwhina dashboard with data to June 2024 (to be published

Published: 18 February, 2025

The factsheet released today is part of broader monitoring work that Te Hiringa Mahara uses to assess how well the system is working. Our role is to draw attention to areas where improvements are needed as well as highlighting where things are working well.

Published: February 2026

In 2024/2025: 14.3% of adults (about 619,000 people) experienced high or very high levels of psychological distress in the four weeks prior to the survey.

Published: 14 August, 2026

Read the full programme on the conference website. Read about the 2025 conference When: Wednesday 11 November 2026 Where: Pullman Hotel, Tāmaki Makaurau  Register now  - places are limited

Published: December 2025

   Te Hiringa Mahara is now reporting on the answer to the question: How much has been achieved towards the recommendations set out in Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun for completion by 30 June 2025?

Published: 16 June, 2026

This 2026 monitoring report shows that, while progress has been made overall, inequity for some groups requires urgent attention. Progress has been inconsistent across the six shifts, and the benefits are not reaching people with the highest mental health needs.