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  • Accountability documents

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    , is available to download. We are proud of what we were able to achieve in the first few months. In sharing our early performance story with you, we also acknowledge the challenge ahead. We look forward to a future where people who experience mental distress or addiction, and their whānau, families, and supporters, have the support they need, when they need it. Annual Report 2020/21 [PDF 6.3 MB]

  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    difficulties getting access to higher levels of care such as specialist services when needed. “If you can’t get help in one part of the system you’ll invariably turn elsewhere. For instance, emergency responses continue to see increasing mental health related calls.” “We have got to do more to ensure

  • Strategy on a page

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    We are kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing. Our role is to be the eyes and ears of people in Aotearoa, amplifying the voices of our communities. We are keeping watch on what is happening in our mental health and addiction systems, speaking up and bringing focus to areas where meaningful, long

  • Advancing Māori mental health and wellbeing

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    We are an organisation committed to being grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We have made a strong commitment to achieving better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and whānau. This is front and centre of who we are and what we do. Monitoring of Māori and whānau wellbeing

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    A narrow focus on mental health may prevent us from understanding the broader wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - has found in its first report on the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. “For people to flourish and experience

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    Name Region Northland Auckland Bay of Plenty Waikato Tairāwhiti Hawke's Bay Taranaki Manawatu-Whanganui Wellington Marlborough Nelson/ Tasman West Coast Canterbury Otago Southland Other location Tell us about your interests (pick 1 or more): Lived experience Mental health and addiction system Kaupapa Māori Rangatahi and young people Wellbeing

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system

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    , wants to see Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations upheld, investment in kaupapa Māori services, peer services, youth services, and other community-based specialist services. The Commission is also calling for a decrease in compulsory treatment orders and mental health law that does not discriminate on the

  • He Ara Āwhina development journey

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    mental health services and addiction services, what we should include in our monitoring approach, and how we should go about our monitoring work. Ninety-seven individuals and groups gave feedback through a discussion document, at lived experience focus groups, as well as hui and talanoa with Māori

  • Mental health and addiction targets welcomed

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    as a barometer of the state of the whole mental health and addiction system. However, it doesn’t tell the full picture, therefore we need a wider range of high-level measures across both primary/community and specialist services.” “We really need to know if there are population groups that are

  • Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support

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    Māori-led initiatives played a key role in protecting the health and wellbeing of communities, supporting connection with individuals and whānau, and sharing information and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing