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Published: 30 April, 2026

Zealand Health Survey found 1 in 5 of 15–24-year-olds experienced high to very high psychological distress. Primary and specialist mental health and addiction services cannot meet need at this scale.  “We know that without easy-to-access support, early distress can lead to long lasting negative

Published: 4 November, 2025

Reo Māori summary docx, 1 MB Download Accessible formats New Zealand Sign Language summary of Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report Downloads Easy Read - Crisis responses monitoring report docx, 8.4 MB Download Easy Read - Crisis responses monitoring report pdf, 3.2 MB Download Large

Published: 19 April, 2024

) Amendment Bill are currently being considered by the Health Select Committee. Read our submission (PDF 175 KB) When the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill was introduced by the previous government in October 2021, we advocated for the inclusion of a mental health and addiction strategy under the legislation

Published: 14 June, 2021

from 1 July after leading the Commission’s establishment efforts as Acting Chief Executive since it opened in February. Throughout 2020, she also led the early set-up phase as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (Initial Commission). “It’s with great pleasure I

Published: June 2026

people get access to crisis support when and where they need it. Published: 4 November 2025. Find out more   Kawepūrongo me ngā Rauemi | News and resources View all news 16 Jun 2026 Mental health system still falling short for young people and Māori, new report shows   28

Published: January 2024

] Meeting 32 - 15 June [PDF, 169 KB] Meeting 30 - 27 April [PDF, 184 KB] Meeting 29 - 23 March [PDF, 169 KB] Meeting 28 - 16 February [PDF, 171 KB] 2022 meeting summaries Meeting 25 - 9 Nov [PDF, 63 KB] Meeting 24 - 20 Oct [PDF, 94 KB] Meeting 23 - 15 Sept [PDF, 123 KB] Meeting 22 - 17

Published: November 2025

, 10-year plan lays out a broad range of short, medium, and long-term actions. These sit under six key system enablers: Leadership, Policy, Investment, Information, Technology, and Workforce. Recognising the importance of system-level leadership, this report focuses on the short-term leadership

Published: April 2026

Māori and a shared perspective, producing 12 domains in total. Through the dashboard we can publish up-to-date data and make it more widely accessible than previously.    Using the dashboard The data is presented in an easy-to-use visual format. For many of the measures, you can dig

Published: 27 June, 2024

recently. The data has been collated by Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission and while the latest data showed 74% of 15 – 24-year-olds reported good mental health, there are ongoing negative trends. "There has been a steady decline in mental wellbeing for young people more

Published: November 2023

December 2021 Response date: 12 July 2021 View/download PDF: MHWC2021-002 - OIA requests for information on demands for mental health treatment after COVID-19 [PDF, 222 KB] Employee data request Date published: 15 December 2021 Response date: 4 June 2021 View/download PDF: MHWC2021-001 -  OIA Employee data request [PDF, 658 KB]