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  • Our monitoring dashboard

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    This dashboard pulls together data about many aspects of Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health and addiction services. This includes a wide range of measures covering primary and specialist services, including community and inpatient services. The dashboard is available for use by anyone interested

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

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    people are forced or pressured to do something. This can include forced medication, solitary confinement, forced electroconvulsive therapy, physical restraint, mechanical restraint, and environmental restraint such as locked units. Coercive practises also include influencing decision making in a

  • Our submissions

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    draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan for 2025-2029, November 2024 pdf, 798 KB Download Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2025/26 to 2027/28 submission, October 2024 pdf, 278 KB Download HDC Code and Act review submission, August 2024 pdf, 207 KB Download Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

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    exacerbated and amplified many existing inequities in mental health and wellbeing outcomes, and in accessing services and supports. In the face of challenges presented by the pandemic, iwi, hapū, and whānau Māori exercised rangatiratanga, providing practical support for themselves and others through the

  • 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

  • Pushing ahead with Phase two of the Health NZ and Police mental health response changes

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    move ahead when they are ready. In areas where improvements can be introduced now, there is the opportunity for people in need to be better supported by a health response. People need to have confidence in the plans and implementation approach.  It is important that NZ Police and HealthNZ Te Whatu

  • Mental Health Bill

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    Download Mental Health Bill submission pdf, 284 KB Since our formation Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has contributed to policy development to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand has mental health law based on human rights and eliminates coercive practices or reduces them to the

  • Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant

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    couldn't. However, the job is not yet done. “There will be a number of reasons for these lower rates, but we are of the view that access is a particular concern, combined with a level of hesitancy and lack of trust. We have no reason to believe that a significant portion are vaccine resistant as such

  • Improving crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand webinar

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    Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission held a webinar on what's needed to improve crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand on Monday 1 December 2025.     This hour-long session provided an overview of the recently released Urupare mōrearea: Crisis Responses

  • Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa 2025 conference report

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    System (download link below).  The conversations notes showed “….a strong appetite for courageous system change, collaboration over competition, and investment that honours lived experience, youth leadership, and community power.”  We acknowledge the facilitation by Ember Innovations team