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  • Wellbeing outcomes for people who interact with mental health and addiction services

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    discrimination compared to people who don’t interact with services. There is also lower access to protective factors such as social connection. For Māori, connection to culture and whānau continue to be  critical enablers for improved wellbeing outcomes. Inequities in a broad range of outcomes are

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report

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    how crisis responses are working across Aotearoa New Zealand, and how to improve them. Webinar Watch our webinar on what makes an effective crisis response Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar on 25 September 2025 exploring effective crisis response models based on our recently released crisis

  • Home

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    commitment to ground our work in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and whānau. This is front and centre of who we are and what we do.  We are committed to prioritising the voices of people who experience mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm or

  • Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system

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    Mahara outlines progress toward improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for New Zealanders and shows the need to speed up much needed improvements across the system. “Efforts to improve the system over the past six years have shown some early positive movement however these changes are not yet

  • Ake, ake, ake – A Forever Language

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    shared and embraced across the generations.  Strong cultural identity is related to te reo Māori proficiency. Cultural identity is a protective factor for improved mental health and wellbeing for Māori. Our previous population wellbeing assessment shows that Māori adults believe that te reo Māori

  • Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark

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    health, alcohol and other drug use care for young people.  “Te Hiringa Mahara will continue to advocate for changes that improve access to and quality of mental health care for young people and their wellbeing, and we’ll keep monitoring how things are going,” Ms Orsborn said.  &nbsp

  • Expansion of mental health crisis support services welcomed

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    Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes investment in crisis response services announced today by Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey. The substantial funding package will improve access to support for people in mental health and substance use crisis. The announcement

  • More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services

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    shed light on the challenges faced by Māori communities and emphasizes the urgent need for change.  “We want to see more funding allocation to follow the example set by the new Access and Choice programme. The government has committed to ensuring 20 per cent, or $35.5 million each year by 30 June

  • Privacy policy

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    This privacy statement below applies to the mhwc.govt.nz website, which is owned and administered by Te Hiringa Mahara. Download our full full Privacy and Security Policy (PDF 245 KB). No need to disclose personal information You may browse and access information contained within this website

  • The Initial Commission reporting

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    Treatment) Act 1992 Expanding access and choice to existing primary mental health and addiction services for people with mild to moderate mental health and addictions needs. Read and download the interim report: Downloads Upholding the Wero laid in He Ara Oranga pdf, 4.3 MB Download One-page summary of