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Published: January 2026

, for the Health Quality and Safety Commission, Te Tahu Hauora. As New Zealand’s Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner for six years and Australia’s Aged Care Complaints Commissioner for eight, Rae provided strategic leadership in advocating for patient rights, driving improvements in care

Published: April 2026

services | Pūrongo arotahi ratonga taiohi - Te whakauru i ngā taiohi ki ngā ratonga hauora hinengaro pakeke ā-hōhipera - 17 May 2023 This report is the first of a series of monitoring reports that Te Hiringa Mahara is publishing in 2023. It examines the trends in admitting young people (aged 12 to

Published: 30 April, 2026

, Mental Health Matters Initiative When: 10-11am Monday 18 May 2026 Read and download the  Effectiveness of early intervention and secondary prevention supports for young people reports Speaker biographies Alex Walker, Lived Experience Researcher Alex is a lived experience researcher who is

Published: 14 May, 2026

The second Wellbeing assessment explores the wellbeing status for people who interact with mental health and addiction services. Published: May 2026.

Published: 8 April, 2026

psychological distress;   action to address needs of Māori;   detail on resource and investment on several of the actions; and  addressing the system information gaps on experience and outcomes data.  From 8 April to 18 May 2026, the Ministry of Health is consulting the

Published: 30 September, 2025

New Zealand.   2026 submissions: Downloads Sale and Supply of Alcohol Improving Alcohol Regulation Amendment Bill, May 2026 docx, 419 KB Download Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy - Advice, February 2026 pdf, 109 KB Download 2025 submissions: Downloads Submission on Delivering for Pacific

Published: January 2026

among young people and rangatahi Māori uses He Ara Oranga and He Ara Āwhina frameworks. Published June 2024. COVID-19 insight series Eight short reports were published during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Effectiveness of early

Published: 20 April, 2026

It is one year since the Mental Health Bill was returned to Parliament for its second reading, and Te Hiringa Mahara is calling on the Government to ensure this is passed into law this year. On 17 April 2025, the Health Select Committee handed the Bill back to Parliament to be finalised. Since then

Published: 7 May, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is calling on the Government to explicitly recognise and address the mental health and wellbeing impacts climate change is having on New Zealanders, following the release of the Climate Change Commission’s latest report. 

Published: 15 April, 2026

A once‑in‑a‑decade Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy has been released for public consultation, and Te Hiringa Mahara is calling on New Zealanders to help shape the final document.