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Published: 20 January, 2024

Our Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years was published in January 2024. Since being announced in Budget 2019, approximately $54 million in contracted funding has been allocated to a range of initiatives within three main development

Published: 15 December, 2025

designed and implemented. Health NZ must now build on this success by taking the next steps to improve access to MHA services on the ground. Timely implementation of a robust workforce plan would ensure there is capacity and capability to make the right options available to people when and where they

Published: 17 September, 2021

Commission called for the bill to have a clearer definition of ‘serious harm’ that incorporates physical and mental health, individual wellbeing, and whānau wellbeing. Hague says it is critical to get the definition right so that there is clear guidance around what is deemed unlawful practice. A clear

Published: 16 February, 2024

that will deliver for rangatahi and young people.” “The emphasis on the agencies that plan and fund services working together is the key to untapping collective effort that will make real change.” The Auditor General highlights how tailoring support to the specific needs of young people helps

Published: 27 June, 2023

More investment in kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services is needed to ensure the support available meets the level of mental distress experienced by Māori. Despite funding increases over the past five years more needs to be done to achieve equitable funding. This is a

Published: 27 October, 2022

Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn has welcomed today’s release of the  second report of the Health Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) on the impact of COVID-19 on health with its dedicated chapter on the impacts on people’s mental health and use of mental health

Published: December 2025

Zealand.  This proactive release policy describes how Te Hiringa Mahara will ensure that it participates in government initiatives to increase the availability of official information that is not expressly prepared for publication.   Te Hiringa Mahara will proactively publish information that

Published: 28 October, 2021

schedule, with the rollout of integrated primary mental health and addiction services proceeding as planned. However, we would like to see the rollout of services for Māori, Pacific peoples, and youth accelerated. We also want youth services prioritised and delivered in ways and settings that are

Published: 15 December, 2025

working for people and their whānau. It was also the first time in over a decade that Australian based TheMHS Learning Network have run an event in Aotearoa New Zealand.   Bringing together over 200 people generated a lot of energy and discussion. The final session led by Ember Innovations

Published: 25 February, 2026

addiction outcomes. Overall, the data shows an increase in psychological distress, and unmet need for mental health and substance use care remaining similar to the previous year. Hazardous drinking has continued to decrease. In general, findings show significant disparities for disabled adults and Māori