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  • NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 mental health and substance use data summary

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    planning and investment, and to direct resources where they are most needed to improve mental health and addiction outcomes. 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.   High or very high

  • Access and Choice programme

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    levels of need experienced by these population groups. There has been high uptake of services, with rangatahi and young people making up 20% of people accessing the Access and Choice Programme and Māori making up 27%.  We outline the changes we want to see and make three recommendations. These

  • Young people are missing out on access to mental health services

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    with 2023/2024 In 2024-25 236,300 people used Access and Choice programme services, up from 207,000 in 2023/2024 (a 14% increase) Young people are the age group who experienced the largest decrease in access Over the last five years almost 5,000 fewer 19-25 year olds (a 20% decrease), and 2,800

  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    appropriate support. They have the longest wait times for getting access to specialist services of any age group. Across the whole population, there is a continued increase in psychological distress experienced by New Zealanders. “The challenges we face as a society show no sign of abating and we need

  • Wellbeing

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    Our vision for wellbeing for all people in Aotearoa is: tū tangata mauri ora, thriving together.

  • More kaupapa Māori services

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    Māori, who make up 17% of the population and have higher rates of mental distress than other populations groups, have been advocating for equitable funding for kaupapa Māori services for decades.

  • Crisis response webinar: what makes an effective crisis response

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    Watch a recording of Te Hiringa Mahara's webinar exploring effective crisis response models.

  • Our monitoring dashboard

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    Data about mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Updated 11 June 2025.

  • Our submissions

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    As an integral part of our advocacy work, Te Hiringa Mahara often comments on and makes recommendations in response to consultation documents, regulations, draft bills, and regulations that may impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in Aotearoa.

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring 2026 downloads

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    This new data summary provides updated data on access and trends for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand.