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Published: March 2024

-19 insights series .  Our reports monitoring the mental health and addiction system are available here Reports in Te Huringa Tuarua insights report feature voices of lived experience. See Te Huringa Tuarua: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring We have also prepared an insights on the Peer support workforce paper (June 2023)  Beyond the reports that we publish, we also advocate for improvement via submissions and other advocacy .

Published: 1 November, 2022

The He Ara Āwhina co-development phase ran from March 2021 to June 2022. A draft version of He Ara Āwhina went out for public consultation for six weeks from 8 March to 19 April 2022. We supported many ways for people to share feedback such as via email, LinkedIn, mail, voice message

Published: February 2026

monitoring report This report focuses on crisis responses over a five-year period, from January 2020 to December 2024. It examines how the current crisis response system is functioning, provides insights into the pathways people and whānau navigate when experiencing crisis, and defines what a good crisis

Published: 29 August, 2023

Report The Initial Commission’s interim report, He Ara Oranga - Mānuka Takoto, Kawea Ake / Upholding the Wero Laid in He Ara Oranga, was published in June 2020. It provided a check-in on progress of Government's response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction. It focused on

Published: 29 August, 2023

outcomes framework – English summary pdf, 1.8 MB Download Read and download our supporting information Downloads Population indicators that sit under the framework pdf, 205 KB Download Population indicators that sit under the framework docx, 54 KB Download More information on the intended use of the

Published: 25 June, 2020

, and establishment of the Suicide Prevention Office. This is taking a ground-up approach, with communities leading the way. Repealing and replacing the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 Repealing and replacing the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act

Published: 27 January, 2022

Commission. January figures from the Ministry of Health indicate that mental health service users have full vaccination rates that are 9% lower than the general population, and rates amongst addiction service users are 19% lower than the general population. The figures for Māori are also concerning

Published: 25 March, 2026

faced longer wait times than other age groups, and experienced higher rates of declined referrals. For 19-24 years olds, access continued to decrease.   “What is equally concerning is that young people are reporting higher levels of psychological distress. “We are also seeing considerable regional

Published: 5 June, 2024

Download Kua Timata Te Haerenga 19 June 2024 webinar presentation pdf, 5.3 MB Download Accessible formats Downloads Audio File Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga mp3, 3.5 MB Download Braille Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga brf, 8 KB Download East Read Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga report pdf, 3.7 MB Download East Read Kua Tīmata

Published: 24 November, 2022

people. Between 2011 and 2021 the proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds reporting high levels of psychological distress grew from 5% to 19%. The report also found that our school bullying rates are the highest in the OECD. “This year, communities of young people have told us they are most concerned about