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Published: 31 October, 2025

Central to this is ensuring that Te Hiringa Mahara delivers on its mandate to contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Up to seven members are appointed by the Governor-General, under the Crown Entities Act 2004. 

Published: 14 May, 2026

The 22 indicators include: measures relating to social connection, like trust and loneliness; material wellbeing, like income adequacy and going without fresh fruit and vegetables to keep costs down; and Māori wellbeing, like connection to iwi and whānau wellbeing.

Published: 30 November, 2022

These reports provide us with an opportunity to see where progress is being made, not only in access to services but also in having the opportunity to have genuine service choice.

Published: 11 June, 2025

The purpose of this report is to assess how the system is performing to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora and whānau.

Published: 27 September, 2024

He is a former Board Member and current Advisor for Golden Bay Mental Health Services and Residential Treatment Facility – Te Whare Mahana. From 2022 to 2024 Wayne was a member of the Primary Industry Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Group.

Published: 9 April, 2025

A priority must be to ensure the safety for everyone involved. We are aware the state of readiness for transition varies around the country. The teams working at the frontline know their community and need to be trusted to respond in the best way.

Published: 3 December, 2025

Government commits to funding a planned programme of work to collect mental health and addiction prevalence data by June 2025, to enable improved services and ensure value for money.    Each of the recommendations had a completion date of 30 June 2025.  

Published: 29 May, 2025

The purpose of these data summaries is to highlight and bring together key monitoring findings for specialist addiction services, and access to mental health and addiction services.

Published: 29 May, 2025

At a time that we need to be bolstering services, we’re seeing fewer people access addiction services.”   “Another sign that the system is under pressure is the wait time for people seeking support. For those seeking support from a specialist addiction service, the wait is getting longer.”

Published: April 2026

Our findings will be used to advocate for improvements to the system. Our mental health and addiction system reports Insert Blurb