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Published: January 2026

  Māori, who make up 17% of the population and have higher rates of mental distress than other population groups, have been advocating for equitable funding for Kaupapa Māori services for decades.   What needs to change? We want to see: Equitable investment in Kaupapa Māori services

Published: 20 May, 2022

We commend the Government’s Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction, particularly the investment in community-based crisis services, specialist child and adolescent mental health and addiction services, and Kaupapa Māori services.  "We see this latest announcement as a

Published: November 2025

Wellbeing assessment: people who interact with mental health and addiction services downloads Download our wellbeing assessment revealing people who interact with mental health and addiction services face significantly greater barriers to wellbeing compared to the general population. Infographics

Published: 22 March, 2022

Te Huringa: Change and Transformation. Mental Health Service and Addiction Service Monitoring Report 2022 [PDF, 958 KB]  is being released today. The report monitors the performance of mental health services and addictions services between 2016 / 17 and 2020 / 21. “Despite significant

Published: 15 December, 2025

-five years, is bringing people together around rich and current content to move the dial forward on mental health reform. TheMHS should not be thought of as a conference company. It is a movement of people who want to see better mental health services.”  Sign-up to our mailing

Published: 10 October, 2022

has focused on resources, namely access to services, supports and resources Distress and other impacts of the pandemic have frequently been normalised and universalised in media coverage. These are important factors, but this narrow view misses out other factors that we know are important to mental

Published: 10 December, 2020

The consultation phase to provide feedback on the development of a framework to monitor mental health services and addiction services is now closed. The Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission provided people with an opportunity to have their say on the He Ara Āwhina service-level monitoring

Published: 30 November, 2022

Hayden Wano. “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. There are more services and capacity in previously under-supported areas, growth in Kaupapa Māori services

Published: 5 June, 2024

Āwhina monitoring dashboard .  Kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services infographic A key part of our legislated role is to monitor mental health and addiction services and we are committed to being grounded by our Te Tauāki ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Te Tiriti o Waitangi position

Published: April 2026

.  There are many programmes and services in New Zealand and internationally that provide early intervention and secondary prevention, including Youth One Stop Shops and the Youth Access and Choice Programme.   These programmes and services are increasingly being designed specifically