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Published: 19 April, 2024

) Amendment Bill are currently being considered by the Health Select Committee. Read our submission (PDF 175 KB) When the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill was introduced by the previous government in October 2021, we advocated for the inclusion of a mental health and addiction strategy under the legislation

Published: April 2024

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Published: 22 March, 2022

more is needed to address pressures on specialist services, particularly for young people. “The current health reforms, and the newly-created Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, provide opportunities to embed strong leadership in their operating models and enhance the focus on mental health and

Published: 29 August, 2023

Rongo Ake is a report from the Initial Commission that assesses progress of the Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction, addresses the question: “how is system transformation progressing?”, and asks: what progress is government making in its response to He

Published: 24 September, 2021

currently carrying out our own focused review of the Access and Choice Programme, which is due to be released in mid-October,” says Hayden Wano. The Commission welcomes the focus on infrastructure in the Implementation Unit’s Mid-term Review. There is an urgent need to upgrade existing inpatient mental

Published: 1 May, 2023

-19 pandemic and lockdowns led to an increase in reports of violence and harm in the home, with some groups particularly impacted. The report also shows the following: Being cut off from support networks and being trapped in unsafe situations saw violence and controlling behaviour change, increase

Published: 10 October, 2022

has focused on resources, namely access to services, supports and resources Distress and other impacts of the pandemic have frequently been normalised and universalised in media coverage. These are important factors, but this narrow view misses out other factors that we know are important to mental

Published: 14 June, 2021

from 1 July after leading the Commission’s establishment efforts as Acting Chief Executive since it opened in February. Throughout 2020, she also led the early set-up phase as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (Initial Commission). “It’s with great pleasure I

Published: 13 December, 2022

crises and supporting wellbeing in general. As a result, we call for greater recognition of the involvement of older people in their communities and inclusion of older people in decision making affecting them.   “It is important that our understanding of the pandemic, and our planning for the future recognises that older people have a variety of different experiences, needs, and contributions.” View the report

Published: March 2024

together and synthesises evidence from academic research, New Zealand data, and the voices of people with lived experience on the value of the peer support workforce in mental health and alcohol and drug services. While the peer support workforce in Aotearoa is growing, it remains a small proportion of our