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Published: 14 August, 2026

Youth voice will be woven through the entire day. We're making it bigger too, with 2 keynote addresses, 2 concurrent streams and a networking event to close things out. Read the full programme on the conference website.

Published: 29 May, 2025

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is concerned that people may not be able to access support when they need it,” said Sonya Russell, Director Mental Health and Addiction System Leadership.

Published: March 2024

Despite funding increases over the past five years, more needs to be done to achieve equitable funding in kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services. This is to ensure that the support available meets the level of mental distress experienced by Māori within their communities. 

Published: September 2023

It is designed as one of the tools to shift the way the whole system is working towards a wellbeing approach.

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: 31 May, 2023

This mental health and addiction service monitoring report is the main report that monitors across the breadth of national-level data. It aims to show what is working well and what isn’t in mental health and addiction services, how this has changed over time, and advocate for improvements.

Published: 25 June, 2026

The role of the Board is to provide strategic guidance and oversight of the Commission’s work and make sure that it performs it’s functions effectively and in a financially-responsible manner. Up to seven members are appointed by the Governor-General, under the Crown Entities Act 2004.  

Published: 8 June, 2022

“It is very good to see the Bill’s focus on understanding and addressing the social determinants of health and wellbeing, and on upholding te Tiriti o Waitangi. We welcome efforts to reduce health and wellbeing inequities,” Mr Wano said.

Published: March 2024

The exception to this trend is more people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme. The decrease in service use in parts of the system is unexpected given the public reports on increasing levels of distress.

Published: 29 August, 2023

, and asks: what progress is government making in its response to He Ara Oranga? is progress happening fast enough (and how much further is there to go)? what areas need further focus or priority?