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  • Refreshed strategic direction – July 2025

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    Strategy on a page. Since our establishment in February 2021, we have continued to act in our role as a kaitiaki of mental health, addiction and wellbeing. We have built a strong knowledge base and our reports, and other work, are highly valued by our key stakeholders. With the period covered by the

  • Focus on youth wellbeing more urgent than ever

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    Survey (HES), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Ministry of Education administrative data (MoE) using datasets from 2018 & 2024. Average youth mental wellbeing scores dropped between 2018 and 2021, continuing a longer-term decline, and in 2022/23, one in five 15 to

  • Lived experiences of CCTOs report

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    % between 2017 and 2021.    In the 2020/21 year, almost 7,000 people were under compulsory treatment in our communities. We also report that Māori are more likely to be subject to CCTOs than other populations in Aotearoa.  Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for Replacement of the law: We want to

  • Strategy to improve mental health outcomes on the way

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    passed into law with unanimous support from MPs. When the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill was introduced in October 2021, we advocated for the inclusion of a mental health and addiction strategy under the legislation. While six other strategies were specified, mental health and addiction was not included

  • Ake, ake, ake – A Forever Language

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    ao Māori including learning te reo Māori at kura kaupapa is a source of strength and achievement for young Māori learners. Fewer Māori achieved qualifications at NCEA level 2 or above but NCEA level 2 achievement was higher for Māori who attended kura kaupapa. Across all ethnicities and school types, NCEA level 2 achievement trended downwards in 2021 and 2022.

  • Independent Commission’s report highlights the importance of improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa

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    , which opened its doors in February 2021. The report has found that the programme has put much-needed investment into primary and community care in line with many of the recommendations in He Ara Oranga, enabling important services to be provided. “It is pleasing to see the overall programme is on

  • Our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi

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    . Established in September 2021 by Director Māori, Ngā Ringa Raupā are the tuara (backbone support) to the role and mahi of the Director Māori Health. The Director Māori Health role partners with the Chief Executive and Leadership team to advise on, and acknowledge, the special Māori and Crown

  • Who we are

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    February 2021.  Functions of the Mental Health Commissioner transferred to the new organisation at this time. In July 2022 we adopted the name Te Hiringa Mahara to reflect the positive energy,  confidence and strength to embody who we are. The new name was celebrated as part of a brand

  • 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

  • Our submissions

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    - Oranga Tamariki Oversight submission pdf, 114 KB Download Oversight of Oranga Tamariki & Young Peoples Commission pdf, 1.3 MB Download 2021 submissions: Downloads Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill submission pdf, 541 KB Download Submission on the Conversion Practices Prohibition bill pdf, 150 KB