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Published: February 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is releasing a package of products in April-June 2025 to monitor mental health and addiction services, and understand system performance.

Published: January 2026

Meet our leadership team.

Published: February 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is a kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing. We contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Published: February 2026

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Published: November 2025

Our 2025 wellbeing assessment provides the first comprehensive comparison of wellbeing outcomes for people who interact with mental health and addiction services against the general population. Using administrative data from 2018-2022, this assessment reveals the extent of inequities experienced by people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction.

Published: August 2025

Find more about how you can apply your skills and experience to our work, check out current vacancies and apply for them, or register your interest in future job opportunities here.

Published: 22 September, 2021

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes today’s release of Kia Manawanui Aotearoa(external link), the government’s long-term pathway to mental wellbeing, by Minister of Health, Hon Andrew Little.

Published: 16 June, 2022

In early June we provided an article on coercive practices to the New Zealand Herald for consideration as part of its Great Minds campaign on mental health.

Published: 15 December, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission released its first report assessing progress with recommendations made in June 2024 to Health New Zealand and government. Published December 2025.

Published: January 2026

Learn about the different ways you can get involved with our work.