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Published: May 2026

Manawanui, a ‘long-term pathway’ to transform Aotearoa’s approach to mental health and wellbeing. Published June 2024. NZ Health Survey data summaries An easy to read summary of key mental health and substance use findings from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025. Published February 2026. Te Rau Tira Wellbeing

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

Published: 13 December, 2023

New Zealand’s first Minister for Mental Health, Matt Doocey, has a big job ahead of him. Te Hiringa Mahara | Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission chair Hayden Wano outlines our top priorities to transform our mental health and addiction system.  The announcement that New Zealand will have

Published: 25 February, 2026

and Pacific adults. Synthesising the health survey data is part the role of Te Hiringa Mahara as  thought leaders in the system for mental health and wellbeing. Downloads Mental health and substance data summary: Key findings from the NZ health Survey 2024/2025 pdf, 3.3 MB Download Mental health and substance data summary: Key findings from the NZ health Survey 2024/2025 docx, 3.8 MB Download

Published: 7 August, 2025

Strategy on a page. Since our establishment in February 2021, we have continued to act in our role as a kaitiaki of mental health, addiction and wellbeing. We have built a strong knowledge base and our reports, and other work, are highly valued by our key stakeholders. With the period covered by the

Published: 25 February, 2026

Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is legislated to monitor mental health and addiction services. Improved access to services contributes to ensuring mental health and addiction (MHA) services are meeting the needs of tāngata whaiora and their whānau (one of our strategic

Published: 8 August, 2025

We’ve put the key mental health and addiction findings from the NZ Health Survey 2023/2024 into one, easy to read summary. We intend for this information to be used as evidence to support planning and investment, and to direct resources where they are most needed to improve mental health and

Published: 9 April, 2025

Police and Health NZ. We expect the agencies leading this work (NZ Police and Health NZ) to ensure the proposed changes are well planned and implemented.  The changes need to be closely monitored and any issues that arise responded to and escalated as needed. A priority must be to ensure the

Published: 25 March, 2026

Following the release of the Government’s latest targets data this morning, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is renewing its calls for increased urgency to improve access to services for young people. “While we are encouraged by workforce growth and acknowledge the

Published: February 2026

Government’s priority Taking mental health seriously was allocated to each initiative and the expenditure on each of those initiatives for the four years from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2023. It describes each initiative in terms of what it set out to achieve and its status as of 30 June 2023. The report also includes key mental health and addiction initiatives from Budget 2020 to Budget 2022.