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Published: 30 June, 2022

conditions or disabilities. Individualised funding and whānau funding models Where funding is given directly to tāngata whaiora or to whānau (rather than to service providers), so people can choose the supports and services they want to meet their individual or whānau needs or aspirations

Published: 20 January, 2024

Our Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years was published in January 2024. Since being announced in Budget 2019, approximately $54 million in contracted funding has been allocated to a range of initiatives within three main development

Published: 27 October, 2022

decision makers in Government and the mental health system to accelerate improvement to services and contribute to better mental health outcomes. We support the call for appropriate funding of health services with a focus on efficiency and equity and would add that access to a relevant range of mental

Published: 3 April, 2025

flexibility of delivery modes, including offering virtual services, increased productivity and recruitment, and, most essentially, to sustain funding.” One-fifth (20.2 per cent) of all people using Access and Choice services is aged 12–24 (equivalent to nearly 42,000 young people), “Because rangatahi

Published: 5 November, 2025

was made at the inaugural Hauora Hinengaro: He ara tūroa conference that Te Hiringa Mahara is co-hosting with TheMHS in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. The additional funding will provide for a range of crisis support services. Funding an 40 additional frontline clinical staff for crisis assessment and

Published: 27 June, 2024

data is that there are some young people who are experiencing more hardship than others. For example, rangatahi Māori, disabled and LGBQTIA+ people are subject to higher levels of inequities when compared to older age groups, and lowered wellbeing than their peers, she said. Across the board, young

Published: January 2024

whaiora and lived experience communities and provide advice across Te Hiringa Mahara. Our relationships We are growing our connections with lived experience networks, organisations and people, and are grateful for the contributions. Find out more about getting involved. Advancing lived experience

Published: 29 August, 2023

government agencies, primary health organisations, District Health Boards, workforce organisations, Kaupapa Māori organisations, Pasifika health services, Whānau Ora commissioning agencies, whānau organisations, and consumer organisations. Interviewees shared information that spanned across the full scope

Published: 5 June, 2024

appropriate support. They have the longest wait times for getting access to specialist services of any age group. Across the whole population, there is a continued increase in psychological distress experienced by New Zealanders. “The challenges we face as a society show no sign of abating and we need

Published: 13 December, 2022

Older people have contributed greatly to their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic whilst managing increased loneliness and a range of other challenges. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report  ​ The impact of COVID-19 on the