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Published: November 2025

on the determinants of mental wellbeing, prioritising people with high and unmet needs. At the same time, invest in the future to: 4.    Make destigmatisation training and education on the role and value of lived experience widely available for the health workforce and other agencies

Published: 27 June, 2024

Survey (HES), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Ministry of Education administrative data (MoE) using datasets from 2018 & 2024. Average youth mental wellbeing scores dropped between 2018 and 2021, continuing a longer-term decline, and in 2022/23, one in five 15 to

Published: 20 May, 2025

and social issue for Aotearoa New Zealand. Youth mental health is a complex interplay between individual, peer, family, system and macro factors. These include development in early environments, family dynamics, access to basic needs such as warm housing, adequate income, quality education, safe

Published: 10 July, 2025

private practice as an addiction practitioner and clinical supervisor; and as a tutor in addiction studies at the University of Auckland. His previous roles in the sector have included consumer advisory and peer support roles; and roles in education, research, and governance.  He is actively

Published: 10 March, 2026

environment, as we work to foster healthy and sustainable digital environments for our rangatahi and young people. (First published on 5 March 2026) Read our submission to the Education and Workforce Select Committee Inquiry into the harm young New Zealanders encounter online, and the roles that Government, business, and society should play in addressing those harms (July 2025)  (PDF 1.7MB)

Published: 13 December, 2023

areas. This is why a Mental Health Minister position is so important.  Take for example efforts to lift positive mental health and wellbeing for young people. These not only improve wellbeing in adulthood but also flow over into educational attainment, productivity and the economy more broadly

Published: January 2026

grounded understanding working with (and as a member of) whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori communities. Māori provider knowledge and experiences, past roles at programme, policy, and senior management levels in the Ministry of Health, DHBs, ACC and other sectors including education, justice, and defence

Published: 18 August, 2022

safely, with dignity and to flourish, or a reduced ability to take part in their community for fear of becoming seriously ill. It hasn't stopped there. For others the pandemic has changed their lives completely, perhaps through leaving education, becoming unemployed, or contracting long COVID. For

Published: July 2024

General Social Survey (GSS), Te Kupenga (TK), the Household Economic Survey (HES), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Ministry of Education administrative data (MoE). We extracted GSS, TK and HES data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and used published PISA and MoE

Published: January 2026

Te Kōmihana Tōmua Pūrongo | The Initial Commission reporting Read and download the Initial Commission's reporting on the Government's system transformation response to He Ara Oranga. Report Co-development phase - public consultation feedback Read more about our He Ara Āwhina co