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Published: 16 August, 2023

We extend warm congratulations to board member Taimi Allan who has been appointed as Mental Health Commissioner of South Australia.

Published: 31 May, 2023

More people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality.

Published: 17 May, 2023

Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop.

Published: 15 May, 2023

The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today.

Published: 13 December, 2022

Older people have contributed greatly to their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic whilst managing increased loneliness and a range of other challenges.

Published: 12 June, 2024

country as well as government officials who support, oversee, and fund those projects. Downloads Leadership as a mental wellbeing system enabler report pdf, 2.2 MB Download Leadership as a mental wellbeing system enabler report docx, 4.8 MB Download Kia Manawanui arataki pūrongo - Te Reo Māori whakarāpopoto pdf, 398 KB Download

Published: 8 August, 2025

evidence products to include shorter infographics, evidence briefs and data summaries. This data summary is an example of providing curated mental health and addiction information for use by the sector and system. Downloads Health Survey 2023 24 key findings August 2025 pdf, 3 MB Download Health Survey 2023-24 key findings August 2025 docx, 3.8 MB Download

Published: 24 November, 2022

wellbeing, 32% of 15-year-olds did not feel like they belonged in school and 17% of people reported experiencing discrimination in the last year. “The latest report from the Treasury also points out that the total growth in mental distress across all people in Aotearoa has been borne mainly by young

Published: January 2026

this is unacceptable. Māori and Pacific peoples are more likely to experience compulsory treatment, and solitary confinement. In 2020/21, Māori were 1.8 times more likely than Pacific peoples and 4 times more likely than other ethnicities to be subject to Compulsory Community Treatment Orders.&nbsp

Published: 1 November, 2023

A big thank you to everyone who gave us feedback on their journey accessing mental health and addiction services. We received over 300 responses through the data collection that we ran in November. This is now closed. We wanted to hear from people seeking help with mental distress or addiction: If