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  • Effectiveness of early intervention and secondary prevention supports for young people

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    Effectiveness review and Evidence brief downloads Read the full review and brief on effective early intervention and secondary prevention approaches for rangatahi and young people experiencing early signs of distress Report In Aotearoa New Zealand, distress among young people has increased sharply

  • Increasing service options for Māori webinar

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    kōwhiringa ratonga mā te Māori. Despite funding increases over the past five years, more needs to be done to achieve equitable funding in kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services. This is to ensure that the support available meets the level of mental distress experienced by Māori within

  • Peer support workforce paper 2023

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    unacknowledged and under-valued however it has been shown to improve hope, psychosocial outcomes and quality of life for tāngata whaiora. In recent years there has been a marginal increase in the size of the peer support workforce (an increase of 64 FTE or 18% between 2018 and 2022) but it still makes up only 3.4% of the wider mental health and addictions workforce. 

  • Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package

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    -appropriate acute care for when people do become unwell. These services and solutions give us choice as to how we are cared for and supported.” The Commission believes there is a need to look at new and different ways of how people are cared for in inpatient settings to improve how existing bed capacity is

  • Refreshed strategic direction – July 2025

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    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

  • Speaking up about the Pae Ora amendment bill

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    Te Hiringa Mahara supports the introduction of a Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy that will fall under the existing Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act. The law will be amended to bring into being a new strategy. Submissions on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Improving Mental Health Outcomes

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

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    people to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment. Trauma informed care develops trusting relationships, respects people’s agency, provides full information and choice, and avoid shaming or punitive practises. Trauma responsive involves knowing how to support people and whānau who have

  • Our monitoring dashboard

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    deeper and look at measures broken down by demographics or other variables.  You can view the dashboard on the webpage (see above), or look at the data in full-screen mode by opening in a new window.  We are using Microsoft Power BI to display data. This has accessibility features built into

  • Report signals progress of Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction

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    Māori and those who need it the most Mr Wano says that Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 has offered opportunities for Government to accelerate work to transform the mental health and wellbeing system. “While we don’t yet know the full impact COVID-19 will have on the people of Aotearoa

  • New prevalence study will provide vital data

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    New Zealand is a step closer to getting accurate information about the level of mental health need in the community. Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, announced on 26 September that the Government will fund the first Child and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Prevalence survey. This is in