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Published: March 2024

  Watch our second recording in the Te Huringa Tuarua webinar series - 5 October 2023. Find out how we can realise the potential of the peer support workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand.   We released our peer support workforce insights paper in June this year. This paper brings

Published: 4 November, 2025

. The challenge now is to connect those services into a cohesive national system that serves those who need it,” continued Orsborn.   The Commission reviewed a five-year period from January 2020 to December 2024 drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, and building on a scan of international

Published: March 2024

  Watch our first recording in the Te Huringa Tuarua webinar series - 28 September 2023. Find out what changes we want to see happen with Compulsory Community Treatment Orders in Aotearoa New Zealand.  In June of this year, we released a report on lived experiences of Compulsory Community

Published: January 2026

In 2025 we finalised an updated organisational strategy. This covers the four years to 2029 and sets out how we will achieve our vision and mission. The 2025-2029 Statement of Intent reflects this refreshed direction. Agreement to a new strategy followed a thorough review process, consultation and

Published: 15 December, 2025

working for people and their whānau. It was also the first time in over a decade that Australian based TheMHS Learning Network have run an event in Aotearoa New Zealand.   Bringing together over 200 people generated a lot of energy and discussion. The final session led by Ember Innovations

Published: 30 April, 2026

  Te Hiringa Mahara is kicking off Youth Week 2026 with a webinar focusing on the power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health.  The ‘Power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health’ webinar presented the key findings from our early intervention and secondary

Published: 23 October, 2024

Government recently announced that six new Crisis Recovery Cafés will be rolled out around the country over the next two years. The benefits of this type of care model are examined in our recently released insights paper on acute options for mental health care. Our Lived Experience team prepared

Published: September 2023

. SPARX.org.nz : online e-therapy tool provided by the University of Auckland that helps young people learn skills to deal with feeling down, depressed or stressed. Kidsline : free phone 0800 543 754. Talk to a trained Kidsline buddy from 4pm-9pm weekdays. What's Up  (for 5 to 18-year olds): free phone

Published: 11 June, 2025

extensive enough to drive improvement at the scale and pace we need,” said Karen Orsborn.  “It has been 7 years since the landmark He Ara Oranga report in 2018. Our report shows that while there are pockets of positive change, the system has got a significant way to go to achieve the outcomes

Published: 28 October, 2021

of services are important issues for our communities.” The Commission’s report, titled: Access and Choice Programme: Report on the first two years / Te Hōtaka mō Ngā Whai Wāhitanga me Ngā Kōwhiringa: He purongo mo ngā rua tau tuatahi [PDF, 1.9 MB ]  is the first report of the Commission