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Published: January 2024

mental health and wellbeing Find out what we're doing to amplify the voices of people with lived experience. We are committed to being a genuine, courageous and effective advocate for communities with lived experience of mental distress and addiction. This includes people and groups who have their

Published: 5 December, 2024

Crown Entities Act 2004 and meet our obligations under the Public Finance Act 1989. They provide government and the public with a substantive report on how we have progressed with achieving our objectives and how we have used our funding.  Download 2023-2024 Te Hiringa Mahara annual report pdf, 1.1 MB Download

Published: 24 November, 2022

people. Between 2011 and 2021 the proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds reporting high levels of psychological distress grew from 5% to 19%. The report also found that our school bullying rates are the highest in the OECD. “This year, communities of young people have told us they are most concerned about

Published: August 2025

Statement, we commit to doing this by: Privileging the experiences and aspirations of tāngata whaiora and tāngata mātau-ā-wheako Māori Amplifying the voices of people who have experienced or overcome loss, harm, or exclusion as a result of practices in the mental health and addiction system, or through

Published: 29 October, 2024

. It is good that this omission has now been rectified. We look forward to working with Minister Doocey and officials on the strategy, to focus effort toward improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for people with experience of mental distress and addiction. There were some provisions we drew

Published: 16 February, 2024

Recommendations in the Meeting the mental health needs of young New Zealanders report released yesterday by the Auditor General show there is a long way to go to ensure every young person who needs support can access it.  “We’ve got to do everything we can to ensure rangatahi and young people

Published: 27 October, 2022

Māori, Pacific and disabled peoples. “In the face of resource constraints and the specific challenges of the pandemic, communities and service providers have innovated – doing more with less and using online and telehealth delivery to reach people in need.” Te Hiringa Mahara’s recent mental health

Published: February 2026

Download Mental Health Bill submission pdf, 284 KB Since our formation Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has contributed to policy development to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand has mental health law based on human rights and eliminates coercive practices or reduces them to the

Published: 25 July, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara has been governed by an active board since being formed in February 2021. There have been two recent changes.  Having been on the board since our establishment in February 2021, Dr Jemaima Tiatia's term has come to an end. Board chair Hayden Wano has expressed his thanks

Published: 8 June, 2022

We welcome the transformational approach taken in the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill, which passed its third reading yesterday. The Commission’s Chair Hayden Wano says the Government now has the means to ensure better mental health and wellbeing outcomes for future generations. “It is very good to