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Young people are missing out on access to mental health services
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara is calling for increased urgency to improve access to specialist mental health and addiction services for young people after new analysis shows a continued reduction in the number of young people accessing services. Despite 15-to-24 year-olds reporting increasing levels of
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Independent Commission’s report highlights the importance of improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa
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NewsThe Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) has today released its independent report into the progress of the Access and Choice Programme being developed and implemented under the leadership of the Ministry of Health. The programme, developed in response to
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Mental health and addiction service access data collection
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. What is the purpose of the online forms? For our next monitoring report, we are investigating access to mental health and addiction services. We want to know what it is like for people to access mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa, and better understand what service options are available
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Call for a National Mental Health Crisis System
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Newsensure everyone in New Zealand can access the support they need at a time of crisis. There are around 100 people every day who access crisis mental health services.” “Right now, some districts have a range of crisis services; while others have very limited options, especially after hours. In
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Positive progress with targets but challenges remain for young people
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NewsFollowing the release of the Government’s latest targets data this morning, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is renewing its calls for increased urgency to improve access to services for young people. “While we are encouraged by workforce growth and acknowledge the
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More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges
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NewsMore people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality. This is
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Assessment of wellbeing for people who interact with mental health and addiction services downloads
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Resourceaccess to the determinants of mental health and wellbeing, including lower household income, fewer social connections, and poorer individual and family and whānau wellbeing. This analysis of quantitative data includes reporting against 22 wellbeing indicators from our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes
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Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark
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NewsRecommendations in the Meeting the mental health needs of young New Zealanders report released yesterday by the Auditor General show there is a long way to go to ensure every young person who needs support can access it. “We’ve got to do everything we can to ensure rangatahi and young people
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Advancing Māori mental health and wellbeing
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Monitoring of the mental health and addiction system is reported on in a number of reports. Notable reports Mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report | 2025 downloads (June 2025) Urupare Mōrearea: crisis response services monitoring report (November 2025) Access
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Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own
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Newsfriends, sending messages and sharing content, and accessing interest-based communities and support groups. Having access to safe online spaces is linked to greater wellbeing, reduced depression, decreased loneliness, and increased positive emotions. This is especially the case for young people