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  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    mental health system.   Crisis support must be health-led, with a strong role for the lived experience workforce. People need a real choice of safe and welcoming options for both mental health and substance use crises. This must be culturally safe, trauma-informed and uphold human rights wherever

  • Access and choice landing page

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  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    different ways and what works for one person, will not necessarily work for another. The critical thing is people have choices and are in control of their own recovery. In our insights paper we describe the range of options that could and, in some cases, do make up the acute care continuum in Aotearoa

  • Reports to the Minister

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    2025 [PDF  300KB] Briefing on He Ara Āwhina dashboard and infographics - May 2025 [PDF 309KB] Briefing for meeting with Minister Doocey and Minister Meager - April 2025 [PDF 334KB] Briefing on Access and Choice programme monitoring report - March 2025 [PDF 331KB] Briefing for meeting with Minister

  • Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own

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    In this article Karen Orsborn, Chief Executive, outlines what needs to be done to promote online safety for rangatahi and young people.  Online spaces are now integrated into many young people’s lives, and Aotearoa, NZ has some of the highest rates of youth engagement in online spaces media in

  • Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun report downloads

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    monitoring report Monitoring report summaries, in English and Te Reo Māori Accessible report summaries -  Easy read, Large print, Braille, Audio and NZSL formats are available below. See also: The Voices report : Mental health and addiction service qualitative report 2024: Access and options Read

  • Te Huringa Tuarua: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2023

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    Access and Choice programme Workforce vacancies in specialist adult mental health and addiction services have doubled between 2018 and 2022, and we want to see a clear strategy and roadmap to address growing workforce shortages Coercive practices continue to be widely used, particularly for Māori and

  • New prevalence study will provide vital data

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    New Zealand is a step closer to getting accurate information about the level of mental health need in the community. Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, announced on 26 September that the Government will fund the first Child and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Prevalence survey. This is in

  • 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

  • Call for a National Mental Health Crisis System

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    approaches.  Shorter term actions are also called for by 30 June 2026, including ensuring 24/7 phone-based crisis support and consistent pathways are also prioritised.  Te Hiringa Mahara stress a strong role for a lived experience workforce, and real choices of safe and welcoming services that are