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Published: January 2026

across all districts, including Kaupapa Māori services, residential alternatives to hospital based inpatient mental health care and short-term respite care. Why is this important? Rates of distress for rangatahi Māori and young people have increased over the last ten years, and more needs to be done to

Published: November 2025

consistently face greater barriers to wellbeing than people who don’t interact with services. People who interact with mental health and addiction services are less likely to have good individual and family wellbeing, have lower household income, poorer physical health, and experience higher

Published: February 2026

Download our factsheet providing supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Te Hiringa Mahara is releasing a package of products in April-June 2025 to monitor mental health and addiction services, and

Published: December 2025

June 2024, five recommendations to improve access to mental health and addiction services were included in the 2024 mental health and addiction service monitoring report Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun.   Te Hiringa Mahara is now

Published: November 2023

View/download PDF: MHWC2024-007 Correspondence, briefings and reports between the Commission, Mike King and Ministers [PDF, 192KB] Reports on community based mental health services Date published:  4 February 2025 Response date:  13 June 2024 View/download PDF: MHWC2024-006 - Reports on

Published: 31 October, 2025

takes us up until 2029. We will continue to push strongly to ensure people who need support have access to appropriate services, and as well as tackling underlying factors that contribute to poor mental health.” The changes announced are:   Dr Barbara Disley, a current board member, has

Published: 3 April, 2025

- April 2025 docx, 3.2 MB Download Ngā ratonga Kaupapa Māori mō te hauora hinengaro, waranga Te hōtaka Whai Wāhi, Kōwhiringa hoki 2025 Downloads Access and choice report 2025 Kaupapa Maori services infographic (Te Reo) pdf, 993 KB Download Access and choice report 2025 Kaupapa Maori services infographic

Published: 18 February, 2025

Data released today by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows that fewer people accessed specialist mental health and addiction services in the year from July 2023 to June 2024 than in previous years. Recently available data shows a decrease of over 3,000 fewer people than

Published: 23 May, 2024

for Pacific services will deliver better results Devolution and sustainable contracting models work. Downloads Achieving equity of Pacific wellbeing outcomes full report pdf, 5.2 MB Download Achieving equity of Pacific wellbeing outcomes full report docx, 6.9 MB Download Achieving Pacific equity of

Published: 3 April, 2025

provides an overview of the implementation of Access and Choice,  primary mental health care programme.  The report finds that the Access and Choice programme has increased the access to and choice in services for people with mild to moderate mental health and addiction needs. This has