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Published: 11 June, 2025

“Our new system performance monitoring report highlights the need for faster improvements to address declining mental health and wellbeing,” said Karen Orsborn, CEO of Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. The System Performance Monitoring Report released today by Te Hiringa

Published: 5 June, 2024

accessing specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over a five-year time frame. In 2022/23, 3.4% of the population accessed a specialist service, a decrease from 3.8% in 2018/19. This is a drop of 9,000 people using these services. Of those seeking specialist support the decrease for

Published: January 2026

On this page you can find out how we handle complaints: Make a complaint about our work   Make a complaint related to our privacy and security policy   Consumer complaints Te Hiringa Mahara does not handle complaints about individual or whānau experiences of using mental health and / or

Published: May 2026

response literature scan. Webinar Further background Crisis response literature scan This crisis response literature scan reviews international and Aotearoa evidence on crisis responses for the general population, Indigenous communities, and youth. It highlights shared principles, key differences, and

Published: 20 May, 2025

of individuals, organisations, experts and communities. A rich body of knowledge, and a source of ideas for ways to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of coercive practices in mental health services, is now available under ‘related resources’ on Parliament’s website, for all to draw on. It is

Published: 17 May, 2023

mental health. It elevates the voices of young people and draws from their experiences and expertise. Read a short summary of the  Youth wellbeing insights report Watch our New Zealand Sign Language summary of the insights report Read and download our Youth wellbeing insights report Downloads Full

Published: June 2026

Better mental health and wellbeing for our people Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is a kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing. We contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our work News and resources

Published: 14 May, 2026

The second Wellbeing assessment explores the wellbeing status for people who interact with mental health and addiction services. We report here against 22 wellbeing indicators from our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework using three national social surveys conducted between 2018 and 2023

Published: January 2026

Māori and people with lived experience of mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm or addiction in all that we do, as outlined in our Lived Experience Position Statement . Your views are important to us, and we encourage you to have your say to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for

Published: 28 October, 2021

schedule, with the rollout of integrated primary mental health and addiction services proceeding as planned. However, we would like to see the rollout of services for Māori, Pacific peoples, and youth accelerated. We also want youth services prioritised and delivered in ways and settings that are