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  • Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move

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    The announcement today by the Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey that a new mental health and addiction peer support service will be set up in hospital emergency departments is a positive move.   “People who are experiencing mental distress who arrive at an emergency department will

  • Bigger role for mental health and addiction peer support workforce called for

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    to draw on this workforce’s unique first-hand understanding of distress, addiction and recovery, and to substantially grow and better support this crucial workforce.  “There is a strong case for the peer workforce to play a greater role in supporting people experiencing mental distress or

  • Our submissions

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    , September 2025 pdf, 163 KB Download NZ Eating Issues, Eating Disorders, and Ngā Māuiui Kai Strategy submission, August 2025 pdf, 49 KB Download Inquiry into the Harm Young New Zealanders Encounter Online, July 2025 pdf, 1.9 MB Download Healthy Futures Pae Ora Amendment Bill, August 2025 pdf, 1.7 MB

  • Conceptual framework

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    The  He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework  is a conceptual framework that describes an aspirational vision of 'what good looks like' in the future. It is a holistic wellbeing framework that focuses on wellbeing for all and is also relevant to those with lived experience of mental

  • Call for a National Mental Health Crisis System

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    Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, is calling for a cohesive national mental health crisis response system by June 2027. “A highly effective crisis response system is at the heart of mental health and addiction services. When people are in crisis it is often where the

  • Te Hiringa Mahara to continue to advocate for young people after Oranga Tamariki Bill passes third reading

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    of Oranga Tamariki. Of those, 57 per cent are Māori, 11 per cent are both Māori and Pasifika and 6 per cent are Pasifika. “An effective oversight system is needed that addresses the significant inequities and improves wellbeing for tamariki and rangatahi. We will be carefully monitoring the

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    the following overview of the paper. There is huge potential for more peer-led, community-based and Kaupapa Māori, services to support people experiencing acute distress.  Te Hiringa Mahara has brought much needed attention to a wide range of options that haven’t always got the limelight they

  • Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support

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    Mahara Director Māori, Maraea Johns.   “Māori wellbeing is often referred to as being collective, and exercising rangatiratanga (self-determination, sovereignty, independence, autonomy) is a contributor to a range of positive wellbeing outcomes for iwi, hapū, and whānau.” In the face of COVID

  • Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain

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    Considerable progress has been made with the Access and Choice programme rollout over the last year, despite significant challenges for the primary care and mental health and addiction sectors in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to the second report on the programme by Te

  • Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Mental Health Commissioner’s report on mental health and addiction services

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    – progress has been made in response to He Ara Oranga, but there is a lot of work to do before people on the ground can see change.” “He Ara Oranga called upon leaders to transform the mental health and addiction sector so that we’re supporting a wellbeing system – one that responds to peoples’ unique needs