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  • More kaupapa Māori services

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      Māori, who make up 17% of the population and have higher rates of mental distress than other population groups, have been advocating for equitable funding for Kaupapa Māori services for decades.   What needs to change? We want to see: Equitable investment in Kaupapa Māori services

  • Speaking up about the Pae Ora amendment bill

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    addiction outcomes. The strategy can provide clear direction and a framework for the development of a holistic and transformative approach. We recommend that the scope needs to be expanded to include wellbeing. It is only doing that we will meet the collective interests of people who experience mental

  • Ake, ake, ake – A Forever Language

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    ; Te Reo Māori is a factor in wellbeing In July 2024 we published the Assessment of Youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services infographic . This shows how the link between culture and wellbeing.   NCEA level 2 achievement was higher for Māori who attended kura kaupapa. Accessing te

  • Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move

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    The announcement today by the Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey that a new mental health and addiction peer support service will be set up in hospital emergency departments is a positive move.   “People who are experiencing mental distress who arrive at an emergency department will

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report

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    journey through these servic This report focuses on crisis responses over a five-year period, from January 2020 to December 2024. Crisis responses form a critical function in ensuring people and whānau who are experiencing crisis get the urgent support they need.   Our report examines how the

  • Strategy on a page

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    performance challenges for Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission might be, and how we could be successful at meeting those challenges. This helped shape the key shifts we need to make as an organisation to fulfil our legislative mandate. The report outlines six mental health and

  • Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner

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    in the first two and half years of the Commission.  “Over the years, I have passionately advocated for the greater incorporation of lived wisdom and innovation within the mental health sector and have been proud to see the importance of both grow within the sector,” Taimi said on acceptance of

  • Our tools to create system change

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    reporting on the answer to the question: How much has been achieved towards the recommendations set out in Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun for completion by 30 June 2025?  The responsible agencies&nbsp

  • Crisis response interactive pathways flowchart

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    for the Integration of Mental Health Data (PRIMHD). It shows the pathways of people who are entering mental health and addiction services in crisis and how they journey through these services in Aotearoa New Zealand. The flowchart tracks people who are in crisis journeys from first contact—through

  • Annual Report 2022/23 highlights

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    rangatahi and young people, and other populations who experience disadvantage. Having strong relationships with communities is important for our collective kaupapa. We conducted our first stakeholder engagement survey to better understand their experiences engaging with us. In this survey, 70% of