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Published: 6 October, 2022

of the pandemic requires an understanding of these broader dimensions of wellbeing.” For this report, Te Hiringa Mahara analysed more than 3000 media articles from the beginning of the pandemic to April 2022. Its analysis found that coverage tended to focus on the material resources and services

Published: 30 April, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for greater investment in early intervention and secondary prevention for young people experiencing distress. New evidence shows timely, lower-cost support can stop distress escalating, lift wellbeing and ease pressure on an overstretched system.  The 2024/25 New

Published: 27 September, 2024

active promoting mental health and wellbeing in the rural community for many years. He is a former Board Member and current Advisor for Golden Bay Mental Health Services and Residential Treatment Facility – Te Whare Mahana. From 2022 to 2024 Wayne was a member of the Primary Industry Mental Health and

Published: 10 October, 2022

Te Hiringa Mahara is producing a series of short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus. Media reporting of COVID-19 Our first report Media reporting of COVID-19

Published: 31 October, 2025

Today’s announcement of changes to the composition of the Board of Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission by Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey have been welcomed. “The new appointments and other board changes are the beginning of the next chapter for Te Hiringa Mahara

Published: 15 December, 2025

licence 4.0. This means you are free to copy, distribute and adapt the material, if you attribute it to Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission and abide by the other license terms. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode    Early planning is already underway

Published: April 2026

measures in the dashboard. The most recent data available is for the financial year 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025. The list of the 76 measures, data source, and what part of the framework they can be found in is available here (XSL 29KB) . We continue to refine the measure set used to monitor

Published: 27 June, 2023

key finding in today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, Te Huringa Tuarua 2023: Kaupapa Māori Services report.  The report provides an overview of investment into kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services, sheds light on the significant

Published: 27 October, 2022

pandemic experiences of different communities. Our next such report will examine the impacts on the wellbeing of older people in Aotearoa. Te Hiringa Mahara will also be releasing its updated mental health and addiction service monitoring report by 30 June 2023.

Published: February 2026

Download Mental Health Bill submission pdf, 284 KB Since our formation Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has contributed to policy development to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand has mental health law based on human rights and eliminates coercive practices or reduces them to the