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Published: 24 March, 2026

A think tank convened by Te Hiringa Mahara created space for ‘blue sky’ thinking about the future role primary and community care can play in supporting people with mental health and substance use needs. To share the outcome of the think tank workshop held in August 2025, we have published a short

Published: November 2025

Performance Expectations Annual reports Statement of Intent (SOI) Statement of Intent 2025 - 2029  This Statement of Intent was prepared following a strategic review.  It provides a view on our strategic priorities, how we work and what we will deliver over the next four years. The current SOI

Published: 11 June, 2025

capacity to meet needs now and in the future. Note: The report was updated on 12 June 2025 to clarify reported suicide rates for 2023/24 are suspected suicides and overdose deaths are accidental overdoses. Downloads System Performance Monitoring Report June 2025 docx, 5.7 MB Download System

Published: February 2026

NZ Health Survey 2024/25 mental health and substance use data summary downloads Read or download to learn about key findings from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 This data summary brings together key adult mental health and substance use findings from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) 2024/2025

Published: 25 February, 2026

This new data summary provides updated data on access and trends for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand. In most cases, the summary reports on data over the five-year period to June 2025.    We present measures from across the Access and Options domain of our He

Published: 25 February, 2026

wellbeing outcomes. “It's vitally important that we close this gap, and it is becoming more urgent. At a population level young people are reporting increasing levels of psychological distress. In our summary of NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 data, the trend of increasing high levels of psychological distress

Published: 16 June, 2022

, and crisis co-response teams involving paramedics, mental health clinicians, peers and police staff. Over the past 10 years, such services have demonstrated that they can support people safely, and that people's levels of distress decrease when they are aided by people with lived experience who

Published: February 2026

Wellbeing assessment: People who interact with mental health and addiction services | June 2025 Our wellbeing assessment shows people who interact with mental health and addiction services face significantly greater barriers to wellbeing compared to those who don’t. Mental health and addiction

Published: November 2025

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Published: 15 December, 2025

June 2024, which included four recommendations for Health NZ and one recommendation for the government to be achieved by 30 June 2025. We know our stakeholders including tāngata whaiora and those with lived experience want to see the impact and influence our work has in creating change, so in recent