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Published: November 2025

  Across almost every measure of mental health and wellbeing, Pacific people face greater challenges than the rest of the population. The evidence shows Pacific people are experiencing inequities in mental health outcomes.

Published: 15 March, 2023

a focus on long-term primary and community options; and to keep watch on the most disadvantaged and impacted communities over the short, medium, and long term.

Published: 16 June, 2026

  “There are signs of progress across the system, however of the six focus areas we measure, only workforce is improving and ‘on track’.

Published: 26 August, 2025

Together, these findings affirm that the most effective crisis responses are timely, non-coercive, culturally safe, and connected to wider systems of care, ensuring tāngata whaiora and whānau receive the right support at the right time.

Published: 2 September, 2025

The webinar explored key principles for an effective crisis response system, including the benefits of national coordination, standards, and infrastructure, alongside the impact of kaupapa Māori and peer-led initiatives in Aotearoa.

Published: 5 June, 2024

We look at the access challenges faced across the system, and for the first time we have make specific recommendations based on our findings.

Published: May 2026

The focus of this work over the last two years has been on assessing wellbeing for people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction.

Published: 25 February, 2026

Synthesising the health survey data is part the role of Te Hiringa Mahara as  thought leaders in the system for mental health and wellbeing.

Published: 9 March, 2023

On a positive note, the increased risk of family violence was recognised and acted upon from the start of the pandemic by the government, and by Māori and community organisations and initiatives.

Published: September 2023

It is designed as one of the tools to shift the way the whole system is working towards a wellbeing approach.