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Published: 29 May, 2025

data over the five-year period to June 2024.   Downloads Addiction services data summary - May 2025 pdf, 2.8 MB Download Addiction services data summary May 2025 docx, 1.5 MB Download Service access data summary May 2025 pdf, 1.1 MB Download Service access data summary May 2025 docx, 1.1 MB Download Related works Find all of our service monitoring products released in 2025.

Published: 7 August, 2025

In July 2025 the Commission began operating under a refreshed organisational strategy that sets out how we work and what we will deliver over the next four years. Our approach is documented in our 2025-2029 Statement of Intent and 2025/26 Statement of Performance Expectations, along with a new

Published: February 2026

Wellbeing assessment: People who interact with mental health and addiction services | June 2025 Our wellbeing assessment shows people who interact with mental health and addiction services face significantly greater barriers to wellbeing compared to those who don’t. Mental health and addiction

Published: 3 December, 2025

Government.  These five recommendations had a focus on improving access to mental health and addiction (MHA) services. They were: Health NZ develops a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025 (inclusive of clinical

Published: 25 February, 2026

wellbeing outcomes. “It's vitally important that we close this gap, and it is becoming more urgent. At a population level young people are reporting increasing levels of psychological distress. In our summary of NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 data, the trend of increasing high levels of psychological distress

Published: 5 June, 2024

failed attempts to access services, and failure to get the care they need has resulted in a loss of trust. This has been reported by the Commission previously and we again call on services to meet the needs of Māori. The report shows rangatahi and young people face significant barriers to access

Published: February 2026

He Ara Āwhina Framework Our He Ara Āwhina (Pathways to Support) framework describes how our system delivers for tāngata whaiora and whānau. Mental health and addiction service monitoring reports Our mental health and addiction service monitoring reports published since 2022. Updated May 2025. He

Published: November 2025

Related works Find all of our service monitoring products released in 2025. Our 2025 wellbeing assessment provides the first comprehensive assessment of the status of wellbeing for people who interact with mental health and addiction services. Our findings show that people who interact with services

Published: 9 April, 2025

reporting on this later in 2025 and expect this to inform future service design and improvements. Read the Implementation of Phase Two of Mental Health Response Changes to start announcement (8 April 2025)

Published: February 2026

NZ Health Survey 2024/25 mental health and substance use data summary downloads Read or download to learn about key findings from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 This data summary brings together key adult mental health and substance use findings from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) 2024/2025