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  • Unicef report highlights Aotearoa New Zealand's low ranking for child and youth mental health and wellbeing

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    are failing to address well-established high rates of suicide and mental distress among our young people as a nation. There is overwhelming evidence to show that psychological distress and mental wellbeing for young people is declining over time. New Zealand’s high suicide rates was one of the

  • New prevalence study will provide vital data

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    use conditions and the distribution among our young population is welcomed, we also advocate for collection of information about wellbeing and what gives children and young people strength. Wellbeing more broadly considers determinant factors and other sources of individual and family capability

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    due to workforce challenges.  The report calls for urgent action by Government and health agencies to accelerate improvement in a range of critical areas. The report makes five recommendations: Health NZ develops a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and

  • Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    Most young people reported good mental wellbeing and rated their family wellbeing highly in the four months preceding the COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak in August 2021 (however, mental wellbeing among young people may have dropped later in 2021). (1) Four out of five young people felt it was easy

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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    safely, with dignity and to flourish, or a reduced ability to take part in their community for fear of becoming seriously ill. It hasn't stopped there. For others the pandemic has changed their lives completely, perhaps through leaving education, becoming unemployed, or contracting long COVID. For

  • Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health

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    to meet the needs of rangatahi and young people, deliver services that work for Māori, and  ensure anyone experiencing severe mental illness able to access care they need while having their right to choice respected.   It is alarming that rates of psychological distress among our

  • Mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    . This is released as part of our system leadership monitoring role. The purpose of this report is to assess how the system is performing to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora and whānau. The report outlines six key system shifts that, taken together, would transform the

  • Our monitoring dashboard

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    display data. This has accessibility features built into the software. If you have any trouble accessing this, please get in touch.  Tell us what you think This is the third version of our dashboard, and we invite feedback on this. Our aim is to improve what we offer. Any feedback and suggestions

  • He Ara Āwhina development journey

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    We created a framework called He Ara Āwhina, which means pathways to support. He Ara Āwhina was published 30 June 2022 and describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. The process for developing this framework is described on this page.

  • Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa: Mental Health: An enduring pathway conference 2025

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    crisis responses and has initiated sector developments to support this improvement. It is timely to come together to discover where system improvement has already occurred, what is currently underway, and how we can work together to be a part of a better collective crisis response. The TheMHS