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Published: August 2025

Mahara in June 2025 as Kaitohutohu Wheako Whānau Māori | Principal Advisor Whānau Māori Lived Experience. Previously I have worked in a variety of policy and operational roles across the health system, including at Te Aka Whai Ora | the Māori Health Authority, Te Whatu Ora | Health NZ, and Manatū

Published: 20 April, 2026

It is one year since the Mental Health Bill was returned to Parliament for its second reading, and Te Hiringa Mahara is calling on the Government to ensure this is passed into law this year. On 17 April 2025, the Health Select Committee handed the Bill back to Parliament to be finalised. Since then

Published: 15 December, 2025

June 2024, which included four recommendations for Health NZ and one recommendation for the government to be achieved by 30 June 2025. We know our stakeholders including tāngata whaiora and those with lived experience want to see the impact and influence our work has in creating change, so in recent

Published: 5 November, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes investment in crisis response services announced today by Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey.

Published: 10 July, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar outlining findings from our 2025 Assessment of wellbeing for people who interact with mental health and addiction services .     Webinar - Achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora: what we know, what needs to change recording. The

Published: 11 June, 2025

The System Performance Monitoring Report released by Te Hiringa Mahara outlines progress toward improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for New Zealanders and shows the need to speed up much needed improvements across the system.

Published: 3 April, 2025

and young people experience high rates of psychological distress it’s vital there are services available that meet their needs. Therefore it’s a promising sign to see the rate at which young people are accessing services throughout the country,” Ms Orsborn said. Read the  Access and Choice Programme: 2025 monitoring report

Published: June 2025

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Published: June 2025

Monitoring report on progress and achievements at five years

Published: 18 February, 2025

Government and health agencies to accelerate improvement in a range of critical areas. This included a call for Health NZ to develop a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025. “We will be keeping a close watch on access and will