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Published: April 2026

Support) is a framework that describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. We use He Ara Āwhina to assess how our mental health and addiction system is delivering for people and communities. Our findings will be used to advocate for improvements to the system. Our mental health and addiction system reports Insert Blurb

Published: 15 May, 2023

The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today. We only need to acknowledge increasing levels of distress, and the many well-known barriers to wellbeing, to understand that much more needs to be done to support young

Published: 1 December, 2021

We are currently in the important stage of mahi (work) to develop the methods and measures for how we will monitor and assess the mental health and addiction system. Phase 1 of this work was completed at the end of 2022, and mahi will continue for measures where data does not exist or are not

Published: 4 November, 2025

system either supports someone or fails them. It’s that important.”  “We need to build a system that supports people when and where they need it. The current system doesn’t always work well for Māori, young people or those living rurally in particular,” said Karen Orsborn, Chief Executive of Te

Published: 16 June, 2026

increased unmet need for professional mental health support for Māori with investment in culturally appropriate services not keeping up. “We continue to see high rates of seclusion and other coercive practices being used, which raises concerns about the ability of the system to uphold human rights-based

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: May 2026

happen to improve crisis responses in both the short term and the longer term.  Our key findings include: Crisis services are hard to navigate, fragmented and patchy, and many people don’t get the help they need. Fewer people have a recorded crisis activity, however, a higher proportion are urgent

Published: February 2026

NZ Health Survey 2024/25 mental health and substance use data summary downloads Read or download to learn about key findings from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 This data summary brings together key adult mental health and substance use findings from the New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) 2024/2025

Published: 27 January, 2022

Commission. January figures from the Ministry of Health indicate that mental health service users have full vaccination rates that are 9% lower than the general population, and rates amongst addiction service users are 19% lower than the general population. The figures for Māori are also concerning

Published: 29 August, 2023

framework pdf, 146 KB Download More information on the intended use of the framework docx, 105 KB Download Read and download our Partner frameworks Downloads How the HAO and HAA frameworks work together - te reo pdf, 2.3 MB Download How the HAO and HAA frameworks work together - te reo docx, 94 KB