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  • New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford

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    active promoting mental health and wellbeing in the rural community for many years. He is a former Board Member and current Advisor for Golden Bay Mental Health Services and Residential Treatment Facility – Te Whare Mahana. From 2022 to 2024 Wayne was a member of the Primary Industry Mental Health and

  • Time called on compulsory community mental health treatment

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    Orders report documents how tāngata whaiora, whānau and family, and Māori feel marginalised in processes that determine what treatment they receive.  “The use of compulsory community treatment orders is a practice from mental health that is out of step with human rights and current approaches to

  • Pacific people's wellbeing - the path to equitable outcomes webinar

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    violence on future wellbeing.  The session was chaired by Dr Ella Cullen, Director Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights, Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Webinar resources: Pacific people's wellbeing outcomes webinar presentation (by Matt Bloomer) (PDF 1.1MB) Speaker details  Matt

  • New report highlights Pacific wellbeing challenges

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    access to education opportunities, appropriate housing, and adequate incomes,” said report lead Dr Ella Cullen, Te Hiringa Mahara Director Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights. “We know that improved mental health and wellbeing for people is driven by things that are out of their control. One

  • Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain

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    , and higher rates of access to youth services for rangatahi Māori.” While high quality access and choice requires culturally and socially appropriate service settings and delivery, it also requires a stable and well-trained workforce, sufficient staff, and professional sensitivity to do the job. “We

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system

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    more is needed to address pressures on specialist services, particularly for young people. “The current health reforms, and the newly-created Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, provide opportunities to embed strong leadership in their operating models and enhance the focus on mental health and

  • Stronger more inclusive health sector means better health and wellbeing for all

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    The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has presented at an oral hearing on its recent submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill. Speaking after the hearing, the Chair of the Commission Hayden Wano welcomed the opportunity to present on changes currently proposed by the Bill, and

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

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    good mental health and wellbeing, services and resources are important, but not enough.  People need to have their rights, dignity and tino rangatiratanga upheld; they need to feel valued and connected to their communities and their cultures; and they need skills, resilience, hope and purpose

  • Report signals progress of Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction

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    brave and bold shift in culture and new ways of working together.” Findings on four priority areas are: Establishing the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is being established, which sends the right signals and provides someone to guide the system. People

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    to have immediate access to help, hope, and healing. It’s important to have a safe and welcoming place to go, and a compassionate and culturally appropriate response. There are endless possibilities to co-create options to meet the diverse needs of tāngata whaiora. Day units, warm lines, crisis