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Published: 29 August, 2023

The  He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework  is a conceptual framework that describes an aspirational vision of 'what good looks like' in the future. It is a holistic wellbeing framework that focuses on wellbeing for all and is also relevant to those with lived experience of mental

Published: 20 May, 2025

are failing to address well-established high rates of suicide and mental distress among our young people as a nation. There is overwhelming evidence to show that psychological distress and mental wellbeing for young people is declining over time. New Zealand’s high suicide rates was one of the

Published: 25 June, 2020

. Chair of the Initial Commission, Mr Hayden Wano, says that this report provides a check-in on areas that are progressing and offers advice for Government to consider in these early days of system transformation. “We were established to hold the government – and the system – to account for the

Published: April 2026

2025 Infographics Updated He Ara Āwhina framework monitoring dashboard | April 2026 See monitoring data for the full 76 services performance measures sitting under the framework. Mental health and addiction service monitoring reports 2025 Te Hiringa Mahara produced a series of monitoring reports and

Published: 30 November, 2022

Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, which has been released today. The  Access and Choice Programme: Report on the first three years   and its accompanying Improving access and choice for youth   report look at the first three years of the rollout since funds were

Published: 31 May, 2023

This mental health and addiction service monitoring report is the main report that monitors across the breadth of national-level data. It aims to show what is working well and what isn’t in mental health and addiction services, how this has changed over time, and advocate for improvements. This

Published: February 2026

. Increasing the range of acute options provides people with viable and welcome alternatives that allow them to stay safe and supported in their local community during acute mental health events. A high-quality acute continuum of mental health care can provide a safety net for anyone who needs it

Published: 13 December, 2023

for our wellbeing kaupapa. We published an 8-part COVID-19 insights series. Amongst areas of focus were insights for rural communities, Pacific peoples and older people.   These reports, and along with those published earlier, were downloaded 13,800 times over the course of the year.&nbsp

Published: 15 May, 2023

of this report are young people and whānau who shared their experiences of adult inpatient mental health services. It is for them and future generations that we stand up for a better future of mental health support. There must be investment in youth-specific acute alternatives, including kaupapa

Published: 1 October, 2020

and Pacific communities. People told us: Support starts and continues with people and communities, not services. The former Mental Health Commissioner’s framework was viewed as being too narrow but was something that could be refined and built upon. The voices of Māori and tāngata whaiora are crucial