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  • Prioritising youth voices necessary to improve wellbeing

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    and perspectives are heard.” Four common themes of barriers to wellbeing have been identified by young people between 2018 and 2022 - namely uncertain futures; racism and discrimination; social media and online harms; and whānau wellbeing and intergenerational connections. Young people want to see

  • Youth wellbeing insights

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    barriers to wellbeing have been identified by young people between 2018 and 2022 relating to uncertain futures, racism and discrimination, social media and online harms, and challenges to whānau wellbeing and intergenerational connections. While this report does not cover all the issues faced by

  • He Ara Āwhina framework

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    framework , which is used more broadly to monitor wellbeing. These partner frameworks are designed to work together. Read and download How the He Ara Oranga and He Ara Āwhina frameworks work together [PDF 2.3 MB] Two perspectives and the system aspirations There are two perspectives in He Ara Āwhina

  • Lived experience

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    own, first-hand experience of distress, substance harm, harmful gambling, psychiatric diagnosis, addiction, using mental health or addiction supports or services, or experiencing barriers to accessing these supports and services when they are needed. Lived experience perspectives and knowledge is

  • Our commitment to lived experience

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    Statement, updated in 2025, outlines what we will do to uphold these commitments to lived experience communities. In all our work, we prioritise the voices and interests of people who experience mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm or addiction. Through our Lived Experience Position

  • He Ara Āwhina development journey

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    and communities and taking on board their ideas. Co-development phase March 2021 – June 2022 An  Expert Advisory Group (EAG)  was established for He Ara Āwhina and began its mahi in September 2021, sharing expertise and perspectives to develop the framework. Advice from the EAG, lived

  • Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own

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    the world. There is no turning back the clock. Yet the downsides of the online world for young people are well known and how to address these is now playing out on the international stage. With France recently following in Australia's footsteps by introducing an age-based ban on social media, this

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Supporting wellbeing after a crisis

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    local social hubs, such as marae and libraries, are up and running, putting face-to-face support in place such as carer and social worker visits, opening schools, and ensuring the community services and volunteers that are reaching into communities are supported Supports, including access to mental

  • Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    needed. Wellbeing data is sourced from the General Social Survey (GSS), Te Kupenga (TK), the Household Economic Survey (HES), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Ministry of Education administrative data (MoE) using datasets from 2018 – 2024. Data used for the assessment

  • Conceptual framework

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    distress and addiction. Following a co-design and consultation process, the Board of the Initial Commission adopted a suite of conceptual outcomes that describe both te ao Maori and shared wellbeing perspectives. How was the framework developed? The framework was informed by: What we heard in the co