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Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system
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representation of Māori accessing specialist services overall”. “There have been gains, with significant improvements to access for people seeking mental health and addiction support through a GP or other primary care services, however we are very concerned about the continued downward trend in the number
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New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report
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accessing specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over a five-year time frame. In 2022/23, 3.4% of the population accessed a specialist service, a decrease from 3.8% in 2018/19. This is a drop of 9,000 people using these services. Of those seeking specialist support the decrease for
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Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services
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, income adequacy, experience of discrimination, educational achievement, access to services and levels of psychological distress. We did this assessment to feed into policy and system responses to promote mental health and wellbeing for young people and rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa. The aim is to promote
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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
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Where did the $1.9 billion Wellbeing Budget go?
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resources is underpinned by a long-term vision and strategy. Investment is still needed to sustain and scale up current and new initiatives in priority areas,” Ms Orsborn said. The Commission received data about the status of the funding allocated for mental health and addiction initiatives in Budget 2019
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Improve wellbeing for rangatahi and young people
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seat at decision-making tables. Expand access to youth mental health and addiction services in all localities. Reduce the number of rangatahi Māori and young people admitted to adult in-patient mental health services to zero. Invest in youth specific acute options for rangatahi Māori and young
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Peer support workforce paper 2023
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Peer support workforce paper 2023 Read and download our Peer support workforce paper 2023 about the critical role of the peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. Report This paper shows the critical role of the
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Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support
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communities. For improved future health and wellbeing outcomes, effective Government support is totally optimised when Māori responses are trusted, acted upon and enabled through the realignment of health system processes. “What works for Māori will benefit all peoples of Aotearoa and Māori
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More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges
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for action to address the challenges faced by mental health and addiction services. It shows that fewer people have used specialist services, primary mental health initiatives, telehealth and online services than in the previous year. As a result of substantial investment, people are accessing new
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We asked what happened with our recommendations? Here’s what we found out
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populations are not always well supported by mental health and addiction services. Data and workforce plans are necessary work, and we need to prioritise actions that improve access and experience for Māori and young people. We want to see sustained action from Health NZ to ensure equitable outcomes. While