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  • Leadership

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    Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. During 2020, Karen led the establishment of Te Hiringa Mahara as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Karen has held a variety of health management and leadership roles that focus on improving outcomes for people through working

  • Assessment of wellbeing for people who interact with mental health and addiction services downloads

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    access to the determinants of mental health and wellbeing, including lower household income, fewer social connections, and poorer individual and family and whānau wellbeing. This analysis of quantitative data includes reporting against 22 wellbeing indicators from our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes

  • Monitoring 2026 landing page

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    In February 2026 we published a data summary that looks at access to specialist mental health, substance use and addiction services (see link below). We have also published relevant population level findings on mental health and substance use from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 . Monitoring work

  • Acute options for mental health care insights paper

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    , anywhere, and at any time. It provides clear pathways to culturally appropriate assessment, treatment, and social support, in line with people’s needs and preferences. There is an ongoing need to expand acute options to ensure acute mental health services are accessible, acceptable, and effective. This

  • Could you access mental health or addiction support when you needed it?

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    A big thank you to everyone who gave us feedback on their journey accessing mental health and addiction services. We received over 300 responses through the data collection that we ran in November. This is now closed. We wanted to hear from people seeking help with mental distress or addiction: If

  • Advancing lived experience mental health and wellbeing

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    tāngata whaiora and lived experience communities has shaped this framework and enables us to monitor what is most important to people who experience distress, substance harm or gambling harm. Our reports monitoring wellbeing for people in Aotearoa are accessible here The experiences of people with

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Pacific connectedness and wellbeing in the pandemic

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    accessible public health information, access to health care, food and care packages, and spiritual and social help. The lessons learned from Pacific communities' experiences during the pandemic should inform future policies and responses. Pacific people have shown that they know how to support their

  • Mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    Download Six shifts to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes Te Reo docx, 402 KB Download Accessible formats Downloads Audio file - Six shifts to improve mental health & wellbeing outcomes wav, 48 MB Download Braille - Six shifts to improve mental health & wellbeing outcomes brf, 3 KB

  • Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move

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    across the system.  “We need to step back and look at the system as a whole. We are asking what more can be done to provide a range of options when people are acutely distressed. We need to make sure support is readily accessible when people are first looking for help,” Ms Orsborn said.&nbsp

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of rural communities in Aotearoa New Zealand

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    Zealand  In this report, we show that rural communities face different wellbeing challenges to urban Aotearoa, and the pandemic has presented a range of added stresses. The report also shows the following: The pandemic exacerbated rural communities’ challenges accessing support, workforces and