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Published: 3 April, 2025

programme report downloads Downloads Access and Choice programme report - April 2025 pdf, 9.3 MB Download Access and Choice programme report - April 2025 docx, 15 MB Download Access and Choice programme report summary - April 2025 pdf, 1.5 MB Download Access and Choice programme report summary

Published: May 2025

health and addiction services, 2023/24 - February 2025. Data we released on 18 February 2025 shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease.  In 2023/24, there were 176,261 people who used specialist services. This is over 3,000 fewer people than in 2022/23 (179,472 people) and over 16,000 fewer people than 2020/21. Detail about demographics and service type is included on the factsheet.

Published: 8 August, 2025

evidence products to include shorter infographics, evidence briefs and data summaries. This data summary is an example of providing curated mental health and addiction information for use by the sector and system. Downloads Health Survey 2023 24 key findings August 2025 pdf, 3 MB Download Health Survey 2023-24 key findings August 2025 docx, 3.8 MB Download

Published: 10 July, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar outlining findings from our 2025 Assessment of wellbeing for people who interact with mental health and addiction services .     Webinar - Achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora: what we know, what needs to change recording. The

Published: 2 September, 2025

ongoing Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission programme of work examining effective crisis response systems, which will inform our upcoming monitoring report scheduled for publication in November 2025, and we expect to inform future service design and improvements.   Our

Published: 29 May, 2025

data over the five-year period to June 2024.   Downloads Addiction services data summary - May 2025 pdf, 2.8 MB Download Addiction services data summary May 2025 docx, 1.5 MB Download Service access data summary May 2025 pdf, 1.1 MB Download Service access data summary May 2025 docx, 1.1 MB Download Related works Find all of our service monitoring products released in 2025.

Published: 7 August, 2025

In July 2025 the Commission began operating under a refreshed organisational strategy that sets out how we work and what we will deliver over the next four years. Our approach is documented in our 2025-2029 Statement of Intent and 2025/26 Statement of Performance Expectations, along with a new

Published: August 2025

committed to being grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and working in partnership with Māori as tangata whenua. We want our workforce to reflect our communities across Aotearoa and are actively seeking applications from people who represent that diversity. You can find out more about how you can apply

Published: August 2025

We currently have two Lived Experience Advisors whose job is to support connections with tāngata whaiora and lived experience communities and provide advice on all of the work of Te Hiringa Mahara.  Saskia Ymker Saskia Ymker (she/her) is Kaitohu Mātāmua Wheako Ora | Principal Advisor Lived

Published: January 2025

Our leadership team provides strategic guidance for Te Hiringa Mahara. The team includes Chief Executive, Karen Orsborn, and four directors who are responsible for our core workstreams.  Karen Orsborn, Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Karen is the Chief Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. During