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Published: 23 October, 2024

deserve in our Acute options for mental health care insights paper . While services are diverse, there are some key elements that contribute to their success. It is well known that the type of care someone experiences while in distress has a big impact on their recovery. People respond in very

Published: 30 June, 2022

when whānau numbers become very large. Iwi Iwi has its whakapapa and origins located firmly in te ao Māori (Māori worldview) and refers specifically to blood connections that exist between generations of lineage that descend from Atua Māori, Iwi are formed from a collective of hapū usually

Published: 18 February, 2025

This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In

Published: 10 March, 2026

Hiringa Mahara that they want leaders to take meaningful action to improve online safety for all. Thoughtful consideration is needed when looking to develop options here in NZ by looking at Australia’s approach, so that any tools adopted here work, can be implemented, are grounded in evidence, and

Published: February 2026

June 2023. We answer the question: ‘Where has the funding gone?’ In 2019, in response to the report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction (He Ara Oranga) , the Government invested over $1.9 billion into mental health and wellbeing as part of the landmark 2019 Wellbeing Budget

Published: 30 April, 2026

and interventions included were those that had been evaluated in the last 10 years and where the studies examined whether supports improved distress, anxiety or depressive symptoms, among young people aged 12–24 years. In total, 20 studies of 16 interventions were identified that met these criteria

Published: 29 June, 2023

Our Peer support workforce paper 2023 shows the critical role of the peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised. Key findings in the paper include:&nbsp

Published: 3 April, 2025

people seeking help with mild to moderate mental health and addiction needs. The report provides: findings on what was delivered impact on people and the mental health and addiction landscape recommendations for the programme to achieve its objectives Selected key findings from the report on the use of

Published: 26 August, 2025

reporting on this work later in 2025, with a monitoring report, and expect these findings to inform future service design and improvements. Downloads Crisis response literature scan pdf, 726 KB Download Crisis response literature scan docx, 2.8 MB Download

Published: February 2026

focusing on our legislated priority groups. The purpose of this summary is to provide a synthesis of key mental health and substance use findings from the NZ Health Survey. We want to maximise available evidence to drive improved decision making. Our aim is for this information to be used for