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  • Understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people webinar

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    Aotearoa Foundation, shares how OHI Data Navigator is bringing data and story to life to understand and respond to rangatahi needs and aspirations from a grassroots to systems level thinking. Abdulla Shiblaq, Youth Facilitator, Yes Disability, talks about the importance of making crucial services, like mental health services, accessible for the disability community, not just the basic physical accessibility but also accessibility through communications.

  • Have your say on a service-level monitoring framework for mental health and addiction

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    framework. The framework will support the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s function to monitor mental health services and addiction services and will be used to advocate for improvements to those services. This function was transferred from the Health and Disability Commissioner Act

  • Contact us

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    Disability Commissioner (HDC). People who have concerns about the care they or others have experienced at a mental health or addiction service should contact the Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service or make a complaint to the HDC. The Advocacy Service can help people with concerns about a provider or service – call them on freephone 0800 555 050 or visit their website  to email or live chat.

  • Our submissions

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    New Zealand.   2025 submissions: Downloads Submission on Delivering for Pacific Communities Strategy, October 2025 pdf, 103 KB Download Submission on the New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030, September 2025 docx, 436 KB Download Submission on the New Zealand Disability Strategy 2026-2030

  • Governance

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    sector reviews and evaluations. Barbara has been the Chief Executive of a number of non-government organisations including the Mental Health Foundation and Richmond Fellowship. She was the Chief Executive of Emerge Aotearoa, New Zealand’s largest national mental health, addictions, disability and

  • COVID-19 restrictions impact family violence and wellbeing, empowered communities key to supporting safety at home

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    Executive Karen Orsborn. More than 20% of young people felt unsafe in their bubble at least some of the time. Young people identifying as rainbow, Māori, Pacific or having a disability were even more likely to report feeling unsafe within their bubbles.   “In addition, while the digital divide

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, to "reflect modern approaches to human rights, supported decision-making and informed consent". All people accessing health and disability services have the right to make an informed choice and give informed consent to treatment, to the extent possible with their decision

  • Make a complaint about us

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    addiction services. These complaints are managed by the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC). People who have concerns about the care they or others have experienced at a mental health or addiction service should contact the Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service or make

  • Work with us

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    people of all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disabilities, and religions. A requirement of this role is to actively support and promote our diversity and inclusion principles.  We’re proud to be Rainbow Tick certified, recognising our commitment to creating a safe

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

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    and income, with higher rates of job loss for Pacific and Asian people. Experience from past downturns shows us that more economically vulnerable populations, including people with a health condition, disability or mental health diagnosis, tend to recover more slowly from employment shocks. The