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The future of primary mental health care
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A think tank convened by Te Hiringa Mahara created space for ‘blue sky’ thinking about the future role primary and community care can play in supporting people with mental health and substance use needs. To share the outcome of the think tank workshop held in August 2025, we have published a short
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Mental Health Bill
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), and an ability for people to make their own statements about future care. We support the Bill’s introduction of assessment of people’s decision-making capacity as part of new criteria for compulsory assessment and treatment of people. This is a welcome shift towards a modern supported decision
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Webinar: achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora
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Newsdisadvantage in access to the determinants of mental health and wellbeing. This includes: lower household income; fewer social connections; and poorer individual, family and whānau wellbeing. The panel discussed findings from the assessment, approaches to improving wellbeing for whānau Māori, and
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The future of primary mental health care
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ResourceA think tank convened by Te Hiringa Mahara created space for ‘blue sky’ thinking about the future role primary and community care can play in supporting people with mental health and substance use needs. To share the outcome of the think tank workshop held in August 2025, we have published a short
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Mental health and addiction system
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monitors progress providing support through primary care services. Updated April 2025. Acute options for mental health care insights paper This insights report focuses on acute options that can provide an alternative to acute inpatient care. Published August 2024. Budget 2019 to Budget 2022 investment
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New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report
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Newshigher level of care get the support they need,” says Karen Orsborn, chief executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. “It is a real step forward that a significant number of people are getting early access to help. At the same time, we continue to hear that demand is increasing and people are reporting
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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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Newsto youth mental health and addiction services so no matter where people live or what their ethnicity or gender is, people can get the help they need. “We know that Māori, rainbow young people, and young people in state care have higher rates of distress yet can’t always get access to the care
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Covid-19 Insights Series - Pacific connectedness and wellbeing in the pandemic
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Resourceaccessible public health information, access to health care, food and care packages, and spiritual and social help. The lessons learned from Pacific communities' experiences during the pandemic should inform future policies and responses. Pacific people have shown that they know how to support their
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Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package
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News-appropriate acute care for when people do become unwell. These services and solutions give us choice as to how we are cared for and supported.” The Commission believes there is a need to look at new and different ways of how people are cared for in inpatient settings to improve how existing bed capacity is
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Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices
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Newshave no therapeutic value, and called for investment that will provide the choice of services needed to enhance safety for all. Karen Orsborn: Time to end coercive practices in mental health care OPINION: People in Aotearoa New Zealand experiencing significant mental distress continue to be subject