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  • Strategy to improve mental health outcomes on the way

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    . We see an opportunity to bring together cross-government action on mental health through this strategy, something that we will be calling for and contribute to. We acknowledge the efforts by Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey to introduce the Bill in August 2023, and more recently MP Katie

  • We asked what happened with our recommendations? Here’s what we found out

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    we acknowledge the complexity of this challenge, there is an opportunity to follow through on the work and insights from Te Aka Whai Ora to improve access and responsiveness of mental health and addiction services for Māori and whānau. The recommendations Te Hiringa Mahara made in Kua Tīmata Te

  • Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own

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    and blocking of harmful content, and ensuring that content is age appropriate. Te Hiringa Mahara is also calling for widely accessible education opportunities across Aotearoa covering digital literacy and critical thinking for rangatahi and young people, with resources for parents, whānau, and guardians

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    health response, and for encouraging empathy, but we know that some communities experienced poorer wellbeing across a range of measures. If our understanding of peoples’ experience of wellbeing is monolithic, that we are all roughly the same, we miss the opportunity to understand and support

  • Increasing service options for Māori webinar

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    with (and as a member of) whānau, hapū, iwi, and Māori communities. She also has a wealth of insight into Māori provider knowledge and experiences. Before joining Te Hiringa Mahara, Maraea held roles at programme, policy, and senior management levels within the health sector, including the Ministry

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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    of their contracts. This has created an opportunity to provide support to people who may not have received it otherwise. However, while access to specialist services has not changed since the beginning of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health has reported people experiencing increased levels

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

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    , Trauma informed Supports, services, communities, policies, and workforces that understand trauma and the way that it can impact on people physically, as well as on people’s emotions, thinking, and relationships. Trauma informed approaches are aware of power relations and create opportunities

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    our mental health and addiction system is important for the mental health and wellbeing of everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand. There is an opportunity now to make changes to services that will uphold people's dignity and human rights, develop and support the workforce and help rebuild trust in the

  • Lived experiences of CCTOs report

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    % between 2017 and 2021.    In the 2020/21 year, almost 7,000 people were under compulsory treatment in our communities. We also report that Māori are more likely to be subject to CCTOs than other populations in Aotearoa.  Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for Replacement of the law: We want to

  • Call for a National Mental Health Crisis System

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    Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, is calling for a cohesive national mental health crisis response system by June 2027. “A highly effective crisis response system is at the heart of mental health and addiction services. When people are in crisis it is often where the