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  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    picture of the system available. More New Zealanders are accessing mental health or addiction support from a GP or other primary health provider. The Access and Choice programme, newly established in 2019/20, provided support to around 186,000 people in 2022/23. However, the number of people

  • More kaupapa Māori services

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    options for non-Māori. We are already seeing changes, but we need to see more Currently, Access and Choice allocates 20% of funding for kaupapa Māori services, which is a heading in right direction. The growth in Kaupapa Māori services over the last year is very encouraging. The establishment of an additional 17 Kaupapa Māori services over 2021 and 2022 is commendable. There are now 29 Kaupapa Māori services contracted across 19 out of 20 districts. 

  • New report highlights Pacific wellbeing challenges

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    access to education opportunities, appropriate housing, and adequate incomes,” said report lead Dr Ella Cullen, Te Hiringa Mahara Director Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights. “We know that improved mental health and wellbeing for people is driven by things that are out of their control. One

  • Mental health and addiction targets welcomed

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    The announcement of targets to address wait times and workforce pressures across the mental health and addiction system has been welcomed by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. “Access to appropriate services when and where they are needed is very important to people seeking

  • Advancing Māori mental health and wellbeing

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    Monitoring of the mental health and addiction system is reported on in a number of reports.  Notable reports Access and choice report at 5 years Kaupapa Maori services infographic - Te Reo and English (April 2025)  Kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services infographic (July 2025

  • Closed consultations

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    People with lived experience of mental distress and people with lived experience of addiction helped us understand how the Access and Choice programme going three years after its establishment to support more people earlier. Rangatahi Māori and young people from diverse backgrounds were involved in our report on youth wellbeing .

  • More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges

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    More people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality. This is

  • Priority on youth mental health strikes a chord

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    Tuarua: 2023 Youth services focus report (May 2023) Ka whakahuatau te rangatahi mō te Toiora / Youth wellbeing insights report (May 2023) Access and Choice Programme: Improvising access and choice for youth report (2022)

  • Access and choice landing page

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    No summary available

  • Access and Choice programme 2025 report downloads

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    Monitoring report on progress and achievements at five years