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  • Peer support workforce paper 2023

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    Our Peer support workforce paper 2023 shows the critical role of the peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised. Key findings in the paper include:&nbsp

  • Where to get support

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    Kia ora, tough times affect each of us differently. It’s okay to reach out if you need to or, if you’re worried about someone else, to encourage them to reach out. We all need a bit of support from time to time. If you or someone you know is struggling, we want you to know that however you or they

  • Meet our Lived Experience Advisors

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    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

  • Voices report: accompanying report to Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga 2024

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    addiction workforce across Aotearoa New Zealand about access to services and options available.  In this report we give people the space to express their views. This includes comments on the urgency of system change which will ensure people get support where and when they need it.  There are

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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    Aotearoa safe during the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak. For some people the responses that have kept them safe have also contributed to loneliness and isolation, disconnecting them from family, whānau and friends. For some, it has meant a reduction in the support and services needed to live

  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    picture of the system available. More New Zealanders are accessing mental health or addiction support from a GP or other primary health provider. The Access and Choice programme, newly established in 2019/20, provided support to around 186,000 people in 2022/23. However, the number of people

  • Pressure on addiction treatment services highlighted

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    years there has been a drop in the number of people accessing treatment and support. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is concerned that people may not be able to access support when they need it,” said Sonya Russell, Director Mental Health and Addiction System Leadership.   In 2023

  • Mental health and addiction system

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    He Ara Āwhina Framework Our He Ara Āwhina (Pathways to Support) framework describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. We use this to assess how our system delivers for whanau an Mental health and addiction service monitoring reports Our mental health and addiction service

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill (the Bill). Speaking on behalf of the Commission, Board member Kevin Hague, noted the Commission’s support for the Bill’s aim to ban conversion practices. “The Commission welcomes the introduction of this bill to prohibit conversion practices and supports its general

  • Priority on youth mental health strikes a chord

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    The Cross-Party Mental Health and Addictions Wellbeing Group have prioritised the mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi and young people in a new cross-party report. The report shows collective political support on this important topic. Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes recommendations in the&nbsp