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Published: January 2026

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Published: 12 May, 2023

Hiringa Mahara Director Māori, Maraea Johns.   “Māori wellbeing is often referred to as being collective, and exercising rangatiratanga (self-determination, sovereignty, independence, autonomy) is a contributor to a range of positive wellbeing outcomes for iwi, hapū, and whānau.” Read the feedback in the article on Stuff

Published: 25 February, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for increased urgency to improve access to specialist mental health and addiction services for young people after new analysis shows a continued reduction in the number of young people accessing services.   Despite 15-to-24 year-olds reporting increasing levels of

Published: November 2025

Reo Māori - Māori Language Commission's "Te Mahere Reo" requirements. Whāinga Amorangi is a cross-agency work programme designed to lift the Māori Crown relations capability of the public service.  As part of its mahi to support the Crown in its Treaty obligations, Te Arawhiti created Whāinga

Published: 11 June, 2025

“Our new system performance monitoring report highlights the need for faster improvements to address declining mental health and wellbeing,” said Karen Orsborn, CEO of Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. The System Performance Monitoring Report released today by Te Hiringa

Published: 28 October, 2021

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) has today released its independent report into the progress of the  Access and Choice Programme  being developed and implemented under the leadership of the Ministry of Health. The programme, developed in response to

Published: February 2026

critical to transforming models of care and addressing wider workforce shortages. There is huge potential for further development of the Māori lived experience workforce, who bring a Te Ao Māori perspective, which incorporates mātauranga Māori, tikanga, and kawa. Peer support is often

Published: 2 September, 2024

whakareretanga. Ko tōna mana me āna mahi huhua hei ranga wairua ki a Ngāi Māori katoa. Haere e te Kiingi Tūheitia, hoki atu koe ki ōu tīpuna moe ai.    Expressing our deepest condolences to the loss of King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII.  Our deepest sympathies to all his whānau, his

Published: 30 November, 2022

Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years was published in January 2024. This paper provides supplementary information about the workforce development funding made available through the Access and Choice Programme in Budget 2019. Read the supplementary paper here

Published: 18 February, 2025

Data released today by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows that fewer people accessed specialist mental health and addiction services in the year from July 2023 to June 2024 than in previous years. Recently available data shows a decrease of over 3,000 fewer people than