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Published: January 2026

Wellbeing Commission in performing its functions and exercising its powers, under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020, is to contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our Transparency Statement [PDF, 45 KB] explains how we

Published: 13 December, 2023

. At the heart of this kaupapa is the importance of rangatahi and young people having a voice and being part of decision-making about services that impacts them.  To ensure we understand what is happening across the mental health, addiction and wellbeing systems, we engage with a wide range of

Published: 30 April, 2026

Shippam is a PhD Candidate in the School of Health at Victoria University of Wellington. The focus of their PhD research is on the health and wellbeing of young adults with ADHD in Aotearoa.  Maggie hopes to create balanced understandings of ADHD that look at strengths AND challenges. This

Published: 23 October, 2024

to have immediate access to help, hope, and healing. It’s important to have a safe and welcoming place to go, and a compassionate and culturally appropriate response. There are endless possibilities to co-create options to meet the diverse needs of tāngata whaiora. Day units, warm lines, crisis

Published: January 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has produced eight short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus.     Wellbeing impacts of

Published: 29 August, 2023

March to May 2020 and do not reflect new decisions, processes, or announcements made since that time. Read and download the thematic analysis Downloads Interviews undertaken to inform the interim progress report docx, 205 KB Download Interviews undertaken to inform the interim progress report pdf, 724 KB Download

Published: 5 June, 2024

services (using the He Ara Āwhina framework). It includes key findings about compulsory treatment and ‘seclusion’ of people under the Mental Health Act 1992 and detainment for treatment under the substance Addiction Act 2017. In most cases it covers data to June 2023. Published: July 2024. Downloads

Published: November 2025

born here, that this dream has not been fully realised. Many Pacific peoples are finding Aotearoa less welcoming, less understanding, with less access to the things they need to live well – factors that impact mental health and wellbeing.  Across almost every measure of mental health and

Published: August 2025

being denied support Treat lived experience as an unfinished sentence, asking ourselves “lived experience of…?” for each project or area of work that we undertake, so that we involve people with directly relevant personal experience in each project Monitoring together – the issues people share with

Published: 5 May, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara has produced a series of short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus. Exercising rangatiratanga during the COVID-19 pandemic This report