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  • 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

  • The Initial Commission

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    published in March 2021. The Initial Commission’s interim report, He Ara Oranga - Mānuka Takoto, Kawea Ake / Upholding the Wero Laid in He Ara Oranga (PDF 4.3MB)  was published in June 2020. It provided an early check-in on progress of government's response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into

  • Webinar: achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora

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    addiction services; child, youth, and family custody; and the youth and adult justice systems and corrections processes. Alexander has been working in the mental health and addiction sector since 2009. He graduated with a Master of Health Practice Honours degree in 2021. He is currently working in

  • Our submissions

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    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 Download Submission on the Mental Health Amendment Bill pdf, 171 KB Download Submission on the mental wellbeing long term pathway pdf, 290 KB Download Submission on Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm pdf, 278 KB Download

  • More deliberate focus needed to ensure all people in Aotearoa experience good wellbeing

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    Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report highlights need to listen to and work alongside people with highest need and those disproportionately experiencing inequity Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report 2021 [PDF, 9 MB]  found that most communities in Aotearoa New Zealand tend to

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

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    ?   The COVID-19 pandemic, the increasingly severe natural disasters and the cost of living crisis has led to mounting concerns about whether services are readily available.  Mental health is more visible than ever before, and not always for the right reasons.   What we need

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    , Whanganui, South Canterbury, and West Coast DHBs have all had a reduction in solitary confinement (seclusion) rates and, at times, have reached and sustained zero seclusion. Encouragingly, data from the first half of 2021 show solitary confinement rates (the number of people confined for every 1000

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    . The Bill aims to ban conversion practices, which cover a broad range of practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.  “We know from listening to rainbow communities that discrimination and prejudice against who they are has a

  • Commission will provide system oversight of new mental wellbeing long-term pathway

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    The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes today’s release of Kia Manawanui Aotearoa(external link), the government’s long-term pathway to mental wellbeing, by Minister of Health, Hon Andrew Little.

  • Technical Advisory Network

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    readily available. We established a Technical Advisory Network (TAN) to provide advice and expertise of methods, measures, data sources and data gaps. This group was active during 2022 and had a diverse membership that covered the broad scope of He Ara Āwhina, priority groups, and experience of both