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Published: 14 June, 2021

. Karen has the skills and drive to ensure this continues to happen,” says Hayden Wano. Speaking about her appointment, Karen says being able to draw on her broad health system experience will be invaluable as the Commission works to shine the light on the mental health and addiction system and the

Published: March 2024

, and how those involved become heard. Alison also draws on her sector work experience, which includes ten years working for South Auckland’s mental health and addiction service. This involved responsibility for the administration of the Mental Health Act 1992. Alison has also served as a Board

Published: July 2024

we assessed the mental health and wellbeing of young people and rangatahi Māori Drawing on expert advice, we selected a set of 30 youth-relevant indicators from the 49 He Ara Oranga indicators published in the 2021 Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Baseline Report. These indicators draw on data from the

Published: 1 October, 2020

experience focus groups (from Māori, youth, mental health, addiction, and gambling harm perspectives), targeted discussions, and hui with Māori helped us develop the draft version of He Ara Āwhina. The draft version of He Ara Āwhina went out for public consultation for six weeks from 8 March to 19 April

Published: 23 October, 2024

. Alongside traditional inpatient care, there is a wide variety of peer-led, community-based, and Kaupapa Māori approaches we can draw on. Tāngata whaiora (people seeking wellness), have told us that an effective crisis response system has a number of important qualities. They want someone they can call

Published: 13 December, 2023

;  We are proud of the work we have done to highlight what is important for the wellbeing of rangatahi and young people in Aotearoa. By drawing on what rangatahi and young people have shared with us and a review of literature we identified four major themes that need action to improve wellbeing

Published: 10 March, 2026

digital age, where connection and community look a lot different than for previous generations.  Over the past three years, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has worked with young people to understand what drives mental health and wellbeing, including their experiences of

Published: 16 June, 2022

experience of mental distress want options for getting through crises at home or in welcoming, warm, home-like settings. We are already seeing great examples of innovative services for people experiencing high levels of distress, such as peer-led acute services, after-hours drop-in spaces, whānau-led wānanga

Published: 30 June, 2022

The most important terms in He Ara Āwhina are explained here, along with complex terms that are not ‘everyday language’. We have also included words that people told us needed more explanation during our public consultation on the draft He Ara Āwhina framework. Where we have made use of other