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Published: February 2026

. Access and Choice programme overview | April 2025 This page contains all reports on the Access and Choice programme, monitoring progress on improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in New Zealand. Mental health and addiction specialist service access factsheet | February 2025

Published: 19 April, 2024

entity under s4 of the Act.  If this is included we argue there will be the unintended consequence of reducing our statutory independence and it will impede our ability to perform our monitoring and accountability roles.   You can find all 59 submissions on the Health Select Committee

Published: 31 May, 2023

to see a clear strategy and roadmap to address the ongoing workforce shortages. “Coercive practices continue to be widely used, particularly for Māori and Pacific peoples. All services need to urgently address these inequities. We must keep te Tiriti o Waitangi, people and whānau at the heart

Published: 15 May, 2023

with young people and make long-term systemic changes to address the barriers to wellbeing. Transforming young peoples’ wellbeing can only be realised when young peoples’ participation is prioritised in all decisions involving them.” Read the report

Published: January 2026

communications about mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa to the public and all our stakeholders. If you have concerns about the way we are working, we would like to hear from you. We will work with you to not only put right your complaint, but to improve our reporting, advice, and

Published: August 2025

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

Published: 3 April, 2025

read pdf, 2.7 MB Download Access and Choice programme 2025 report - audio summary mp3, 3.2 MB Download Access and Choice literature scan Downloads Access and Choice literature scan - April 2025 pdf, 688 KB Download Access and Choice literature scan - April 2025 docx, 269 KB Download Related works Find all of our service monitoring products released in 2025.

Published: September 2023

Our wellbeing outcomes framework downloads Read and download our wellbeing outcomes framework Report Tarāwaho huatau | Conceptual framework Following a co-design and consultation process the Board of the Initial Commission developed the conceptual framework, He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes

Published: January 2026

, but not all, of the functions of Te Hiringa Mahara. The Initial Commission's work Mā Te Rongo Ake / through listening and learning (PDF 7.6MB) , a report from the Initial Commission assessing progress of the government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction, was

Published: 3 April, 2025

flexibility of delivery modes, including offering virtual services, increased productivity and recruitment, and, most essentially, to sustain funding.” One-fifth (20.2 per cent) of all people using Access and Choice services is aged 12–24 (equivalent to nearly 42,000 young people), “Because rangatahi