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Published: February 2026

processes that are largely unchanged from the current Act (such as a responsible clinician and a court hearing as the model for applications and orders for compulsory care). Implementing the new law The system is under pressure. Increased investment in more - and a broader range of - services is needed to

Published: January 2026

.  She is Chair of the Global Leaders Exchange for mental health and disability. She has a doctorate in education from Macquarie University Sydney and in 2011 was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to mental health. Josiah Tualamali'i Josiah is of Samoan, Scottish

Published: 5 June, 2024

Reducing coercive practices infographic pdf, 865 KB Download Reducing coercive practices infographic docx, 2.3 MB Download Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services infographic In our report Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey has Begun, we use He Ara Āwhina to monitor

Published: 4 January, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara congratulates our Board Chair Hayden Wano on being made a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order in the New Year’s Honours List 2023, for his service to Māori health. The award reflects Mr Wano’s 40 years-plus health sector experience in mental health, community and medical

Published: January 2026

Waitangi, human rights and supported decision making. The process to repeal and replace the Mental Health Act is underway but will take years to be agreed and implemented. We don’t have to wait for changes to be made now. Make changes in practice now Implement cultural and other practice changes in

Published: 22 March, 2022

, wants to see Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations upheld, investment in kaupapa Māori services, peer services, youth services, and other community-based specialist services. The Commission is also calling for a decrease in compulsory treatment orders and mental health law that does not discriminate on the

Published: 16 September, 2024

wellbeing for rangatahi and young people highlighted that, amongst other factors, connection to whānau and culture develops cultural resilience, which is integral to wellbeing and needs to be supported and fostered.  To learn how you can support te reo Māori, visit reomāori.co.nz . You can also

Published: 2 February, 2022

wider wellbeing outcomes affecting the four dimensions of hauora; it could do more to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support greater wellbeing for Māori; and it should involve a wider range of views and people with lived experience in decision making,” he said. “In order to be central to

Published: November 2025

download. We are excited to share our performance story and look forward to a future where people who experience mental distress or addiction, and their whānau, their broader supports and their advocates, have the support they need, when they need it. Annual Report 2021 - 2022 [PDF 8 MB] &nbsp

Published: 10 July, 2023

override tāngata whaiora and whānau perspectives. The report also documents how clinical reviews and court hearings marginalise Te Ao Māori and lived experience perspectives.  The number of people subjected to a Compulsory Community Treatment Order under the Mental Health Act increased by 8