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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

  • 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

  • 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 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.  

  • 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

  • Make a complaint about us

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    , and communications about mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa to the public and all our stakeholders. If you have concerns about the way we are working, we would like to hear from you. We will work with you to not only put right your complaint, but to improve our reporting, advice

  • 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

  • Abuse in care report recognises life-long trauma

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    that people who experienced abuse need to be able to access ongoing and appropriate care and support. We need to recognise that people have different responses to trauma and ensure access to culturally appropriate responses that best support their needs.  Though we cannot turn the clock back, we can

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    A narrow focus on mental health may prevent us from understanding the broader wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - has found in its first report on the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. “For people to flourish and experience

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    experience disproportionately poorer mental health outcomes and are at increased risk of suicide than the general population, the Commission also called for access to appropriate and safe supports for people experiencing mental distress as a result of conversion therapy. Hague urged the Select Committee to

  • Treasury Te Tai Waiora Wellbeing Report reflects same youth wellbeing focus as Te Hiringa Mahara

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    wellbeing using its Living Standards Framework and its He Ara Waiora wellbeing framework. “As the agency responsible for advising Minsters about the impact of government spending, The Treasury and its Te Tai Waiora report provides us a vital link in understanding the role of policy decisions and