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  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    work with those who have lived experience of conversion therapy to come up with solutions for the concerns raised in the Commission’s submission and those made by rainbow communities.

  • Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health

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    .   Building on the voices of thousands of people who contributed to the landmark Mental Health and Addictions Inquiry, and people we’ve heard from since being established in early 2021, these are our priorities for the new minister: provide more mental health services specifically designed

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    Zealand by 50 per cent by 1 June 2022, contributing towards the ultimate goal of zero seclusion. The project supports DHBs to find alternatives to solitary confinement for people who are experiencing distress. Many DHBs across the country have succeeded in finding alternatives. Auckland, Waitematā

  • Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care

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    experienced admissions to adult facilities. “In the last year alone, 159 young people aged 12-17 years were admitted to adult mental health inpatient services – this is one quarter of young people who were admitted for inpatient mental health care. This is unacceptable. It needs to be zero. Adult and

  • Leadership

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    Our leadership team provides strategic guidance for Te Hiringa Mahara. The team includes Chief Executive, Karen Orsborn, and four directors who are responsible for our core workstreams.  Karen Orsborn, Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Karen is the Chief Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. During

  • Mental Health Bill

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    Download Mental Health Bill submission pdf, 284 KB Since our formation the Commission has contributed to policy development to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand has mental health law based on human rights and eliminates coercive practices or reduces them to the greatest extent possible. We submitted on

  • Treasury Te Tai Waiora Wellbeing Report reflects same youth wellbeing focus as Te Hiringa Mahara

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    bleak futures; social media and safety online; racism and discrimination; and intergenerational connection and whānau support. In the coming months we will be publishing the findings of these consultations as well as working with these communities to influence those government agencies who control

  • Our wellbeing outcome framework

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    wellbeing outcomes framework shows how wellbeing will be achieved from both a te ao Māori perspective and a shared perspective, which also applies to Māori. Wellbeing will be achieved when all people, their whānau (families) and hapori (communities) experience: From a te ao Māori perspective: Tino

  • Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system

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    Mahara outlines progress toward improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for New Zealanders and shows the need to speed up much needed improvements across the system. “Efforts to improve the system over the past six years have shown some early positive movement however these changes are not yet

  • Independent Commission’s report highlights the importance of improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa

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    schedule and that the roll out of integrated primary mental health and addiction (IPMHA) services is proceeding as planned,” says Wano. “However, the Commission would like to see the rollout of services for Māori, Pacific peoples, and youth accelerated. This is of considerable importance and would