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  • Access to specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease

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    Government and health agencies to accelerate improvement in a range of critical areas. This included a call for Health NZ to develop a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025. “We will be keeping a close watch on access and will

  • Rural communities respond well to pandemic, despite challenges

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    another; share information, kai, and resources; and reduce the some of the worst psychosocial impacts of the pandemic. “By working together, and engaging with government agencies and resources, rural communities have taken practical action to protect and support themselves. To keep the momentum going

  • Our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi

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    Waitangi Position Statement We acknowledge Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand that allows Government to exercise kāwanatanga in Aotearoa New Zealand. Through our Te Tiriti o Waitangi position statement, we will: Acknowledge the detrimental impact past transgressions

  • Who we are

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    from the government of the day. An Initial Commission was set-up in November 2019 to start on high priority projects and begin setting up the new organisation.  The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020 was passed in June 2020, and we began to fulfil our new legislative functions in

  • New report highlights Pacific wellbeing challenges

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    peoples.  This will require increased and concerted effort across all government agencies, and ongoing leadership from the Ministry for Pacific Peoples and Pacific leaders,” Cullen added. Despite these challenges, however, we also report that Pacific families are a continued source of wellbeing for

  • More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services

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    shed light on the challenges faced by Māori communities and emphasizes the urgent need for change.  “We want to see more funding allocation to follow the example set by the new Access and Choice programme. The government has committed to ensuring 20 per cent, or $35.5 million each year by 30 June

  • Independent Commission’s report highlights the importance of improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa

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    recommendations in He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction , has a particular focus on people with mild-to-moderate mental health and addiction needs and improving access to primary mental health, wellbeing and addiction services, including in Kaupapa Māori, Pacific

  • Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package

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    -term Review  on the Government’s progress following its $1.9 billion investment into mental health. “While the overall picture shows progress has been made and initiatives are on track, we support the report’s call for steps to be taken to speed up delivery in certain areas so that everything

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    Mahara (Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission) is a kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. We were established as a result of He Ara Oranga, the 2018 inquiry into mental health and addiction, as an independent Crown entity at arms-length from the government of the day. Our

  • Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act (1992) webinar

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    practices under the current Mental Health Act. The Government process to repeal and replace the Act is underway, but it is likely to be years before new legislation is passed and fully implemented. We call for new law, based on supported decision making, embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Te Ao