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Published: 25 June, 2026

Board member Dr Kelly Feng MNZM, Chief Executive for Asian Family Services, has trained in medicine and social work. Dr Feng has extensive experience in the mental health and addiction field since migrating from China to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2002.  She has been appointed on a five-year term

Published: 1 November, 2023

report in mid-2024. We will also be sharing what we heard from people about their experiences and what matters most. Find out more about this project, see our FAQs . Read and download our access to mental health and addiction services documents in alternate formats: Participation Information - Easy

Published: 12 September, 2023

announce that we will be holding a series of webinars where we will share key findings as well as our calls to action from our recent mental health and addiction service monitoring reports.  Earlier this year, we released Te Huringa Tuarua 2023, a suite of connected reports: a summary report as well

Published: 7 May, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is calling on the Government to explicitly recognise and address the mental health and wellbeing impacts climate change is having on New Zealanders, following the release of the Climate Change Commission’s latest report.  Aotearoa New Zealand has experienced significant

Published: 4 July, 2024

of measures and reports on these in the He Ara Āwhina dashboard. This helps us understand where there are pressures on the system and where improvements need to be made. In early June, the Commission released Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun, our 2024 mental health and addiction services

Published: 23 May, 2024

A new report from Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows that more should be done to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes of Pacific peoples. The report, Achieving equity of Pacific mental health and wellbeing outcomes , offers a snapshot of New Zealand’s Pacific

Published: November 2023

] FTEs and salaries Date published: 4 February 2025 Response date: 4 October 2024 View/download PDF: MHWC2024-008 Number of FTE and salaries [PDF, 185KB] Correspondence, briefings and reports between the Commission, Mike King and Ministers Date published: 4 February 2025 Response date: 26 June 2024

Published: 6 October, 2022

A narrow focus on mental health may prevent us from understanding the broader wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - has found in its first report on the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. “For people to flourish and experience

Published: 13 December, 2023

journey over the past year. You can find full details in our latest Annual Report [PDF, 642 KB] which was tabled in Parliament last week. We have previously shared our plans for 2023/24, see our 2023/24 Statement of Performance Expectations [PDF, 6.2MB] . If there is anything in our report or plans for

Published: 22 May, 2026

people; what matters to them, what concerns them, and what they feel about the future here in Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2023, our youth wellbeing insights report identified four key ‘barriers to wellbeing’ - things that get in the way of being well - for young people across the motu. Those centred