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Published: 8 August, 2025

Pacific adults. Synthesising the health survey data is part of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s role to be thought leaders in the system for mental health and wellbeing. We primarily do this through our core monitoring products. We have recently expanded our suite of

Published: 2 October, 2025

This working paper presents a focused review of suicide and self-harm monitoring indicators. The paper outlines how these indicators will contribute to building a high-level picture about rates of suicide and self-harm in Aotearoa New Zealand. The purpose of this review was to identify a small set

Published: March 2024

lived experience are included across the full range of reports we have released.  In our series of insights reports on the impact of Covid-19 on communities’ wellbeing, this paper discusses how the pandemic impacted the wellbeing of people with lived experience of mental distress. See our COVID

Published: 12 June, 2024

leadership action in the ‘Kia Manawanui long-term pathway’. This comes at the end of the short-term commitments under the plan (2021-2023) and is the first independent assessment of progress and insights on Kia Manawanui.  The report is structured around the three key actions that sit under

Published: 1 November, 2023

Read [PDF 2.9 MB] Focus Group Questions - Easy Read [PDF 1.6 MB] Consent Form - Easy Read [PDF 2.3 MB] Watch our access to mental health and addiction services videos in New Zealand Sign Language: Participation Information  Focus Group Questions Consent Form

Published: March 2024

  Watch our second recording in the Te Huringa Tuarua webinar series - 5 October 2023. Find out how we can realise the potential of the peer support workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand.   We released our peer support workforce insights paper in June this year. This paper brings

Published: 10 July, 2023

a reduction in the rate of CCTO use. We want to see a reduction in the inequitable use of CCTOs for Māori and Pacific. We want to see services and courts implementing cultural and other practices that ensure tāngata whaiora as well as whānau and family perspectives are heard, and tāngata whaiora

Published: 5 June, 2024

; We hosted a webinar to walk people through key findings from this report alongside the data behind these findings. We also shared the changes we want to see happen.    The report shows that service access has increased in some parts of the system but decreased in others. The new Access

Published: 1 December, 2021

Fox (he / him) Nick Garrett (he / him) Te Kani Kingi (he / him) Amanda Luckman (she / her) Leilani Maraku  (she / her)   Hope McCrohon (she / her) Marcelus Paki (she / her) Ross Phillips (he / him) Sheridan Pooley (she / her) Dr Lynne Russell (ia / she / her) Dr Jordan Waiti (PhD) (he / him) Richard Woodcock (he / him) Craig Wright (he / him) Margaret Aimer Frank Bristol Jason Haitana Lee Trezise Denise Kingi Ulu'ave

Published: 17 June, 2020

, no matter who they are or where they live,” says Mr Wano. “While change is happening, we want to see Government strengthening the commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by partnering with Māori and people with lived experience of mental health and addiction to design services – and a system – that