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Pacific community connections key to wellbeing during COVID-19
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;[PDF, 9.5 MB] . This report looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa. “Specifically, it focuses on connectedness, a core aspect of wellbeing for Pacific peoples, and how connectedness was both impacted by the pandemic and a
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Mental health and addiction specialist service access factsheet download
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This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In
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Te Hiringa Mahara to continue to advocate for young people after Oranga Tamariki Bill passes third reading
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of Oranga Tamariki. Of those, 57 per cent are Māori, 11 per cent are both Māori and Pasifika and 6 per cent are Pasifika. “An effective oversight system is needed that addresses the significant inequities and improves wellbeing for tamariki and rangatahi. We will be carefully monitoring the
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New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?
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all parties in Parliament – agreed on recommendations for amendments to the Bill. The Select Committee has recommended some changes that strengthen the proposed legislation. Recommended improvements include that ‘advance directives’ and acknowledgement of the ‘dignity of risk’ are added to the guiding
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Our work
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Lived Experience Learn about our commitment to being an advocate for communities with lived experience of mental distress and addiction. Advocacy Learn about our advocacy work. Mental Health and Addiction System Learn about how we independently monitor, assess, report and share findings on mental
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Covid-19 Insights Series - Impact of COVID-19 on wellbeing of older people in Aotearoa New Zealand
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whānau and community support to access health services, food and necessities Whilst the pandemic led to more loneliness amongst older members of the community, kaumātua worked hard to maintain connections with their communities and whānau in a variety of different ways. It is important that our
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System performance monitoring report - June 2025
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supported by the right workforce. Our initial monitoring findings show that while there are some early positive movements in some areas, for example peer support workforce, overall, there is a system under significant pressure. Collective and co-ordinated action across the system shifts is required . This is our first system performance monitoring report and we will expand and improve the set of measures used in coming years.
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Have your say
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Māori and people with lived experience of mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm or addiction in all that we do, as outlined in our Lived Experience Position Statement . Your views are important to us, and we encourage you to have your say to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for
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He Ara Oranga Inquiry
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health, media, iwi and advocacy groups. He Ara Oranga set out 40 recommendations to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all people in Aotearoa New Zealand. 38 of these recommendations were accepted by government in full, in principle, or agreed to further consideration. Establishing an organisation with responsibility for mental health and wellbeing was one of the recommendations accepted by government.
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Voices report: accompanying report to Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga 2024
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important questions about why there is a disconnect between an increasing need for mental health and addiction support and a decrease in people accessing specialist services. We continue to hear about barriers, such as long waiting lists, not knowing how or where to get support, the stigma of