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  • Expansion of mental health crisis support services welcomed

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    treatment is a significant increase, along with additional initiatives to boost access to peer support.  "The investment will mean more people will get safe and welcoming support at a critical time. This is a step in the right direction. We look forward to seeing where support will be extended

  • He Ara Āwhina framework

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    co-define phase beginning in October 2020, the co-development phase, and the methods and measurement phase. Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina Read more about our guide to language in He Ara Āwhina. We created a framework called He Ara Āwhina, which means pathways to support. He Ara Āwhina was

  • Mental health and wellbeing must be a high priority in health system transformation

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    transition, to make sure transforming the mental health and addiction system remains a priority,” Mr Wano said. “Through the reforms, the Commission will work closely with the Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand, and te Mana Hauora Māori (the Māori Health Authority) to support, guide, and monitor a health system that prioritises mental health and wellbeing, and that puts mental health and addiction services front and centre.”

  • Who we are

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    from July 2025 brings a sharper focus on people who experience mental distress or addiction, improving the services and supports they need. Our approach will be guided by three key shifts: a much clearer focus on people with lived experience of mental distress or addiction, using our knowledge and

  • Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    presents key service monitoring findings for young people against the He Ara Āwhina framework . These frameworks are designed to work together, acknowledging the critical contribution of the mental health and addiction system to achieving broader wellbeing outcomes by providing services and support where

  • Meet our Lived Experience Advisors

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    Experience at the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. She is an enthusiastic advocate of the restorative power of being ourselves and has a passion for peer support and the power of lived experience to drive transformation. She joined the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in 2024 and has held

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Media reporting of COVID-19

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    and mental health and wellbeing provides a scene-setter for the rest of the series. The wellbeing analysis in the report draws on the He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework, which describes the aspects of good wellbeing in Aotearoa and guides the way we monitor the systems that influence

  • Mental health and addiction system

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    mental health and addiction report This report focuses on where key mental health and addiction investments announced in the 2019 Wellbeing Budget in May 2019 had been spent as of 30 June 2023. Published August 2024 Peer support workforce paper This paper shows the critical role of the peer

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report

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    , acute alternatives, as well as inpatient services when needed. Needs to include youth-specific, peer-led, and Kaupapa Māori options be led by lived experience, embed peer support, be culturally responsive, rights-based, and trauma responsive ensure the provision of a timely and compassionate

  • Acute options for mental health care insights paper

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    paper highlights peer-led, community-based, and Kaupapa Māori services as these types of services show positive outcomes and are well received by people who need acute care. These alternative options have some key features that resonate with those with lived experience. Tāngata whaiora felt supported