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Published: 31 October, 2025

been appointed Deputy Chair for a five-year term. Two new members have been appointed: Josiah Tualamali’i and Rae Lamb. Two existing members have been reappointed: Professor Sunny Collings and Tuari Potiki. Wayne Langford, appointed in September 2024, will continues his term as a member. At the same

Published: 17 September, 2021

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) appeared in front of the Justice Select Committee yesterday to speak to its written submission on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill (the Bill).

Published: 24 July, 2024

The release of the final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care marks a very important milestone for people who have experienced abuse. Following release of the the report Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn shared this statement.

Published: 19 April, 2024

entity under s4 of the Act.  If this is included we argue there will be the unintended consequence of reducing our statutory independence and it will impede our ability to perform our monitoring and accountability roles.   You can find all 59 submissions on the Health Select Committee

Published: 8 December, 2021

8 December 2021 - Our Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report introduces our vision to improve wellbeing for communities in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published: 31 July, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar on understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people on Wednesday 26 July.

Published: 9 March, 2023

During the 2020 national lockdown, reports of family violence increased considerably, but the New Zealand Police and advocacy groups were concerned that this was still under-reported. Women, children, rangatahi Māori, disabled people and rainbow youth were particularly affected.

Published: June 2024

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Published: January 2026

wellbeing outcomes the people of Aotearoa New Zealand expect in the future, within the remit Te Hiringa Mahara' has: choice in service provision, holistic wellbeing, leadership, empowerment, connection and system accountability. This engagement helped us understand what we need to do to meet these expectations. The Future Excellence Horizon was completed in May 2024. Download the Future Excellence Horizon (May 2024) (PDF 262KB)

Published: April 2026

measures in the dashboard. The most recent data available is for the financial year 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025. The list of the 76 measures, data source, and what part of the framework they can be found in is available here (XSL 29KB) . We continue to refine the measure set used to monitor