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Published: 29 October, 2024

strategy . We will let the Minister know what we hope to see in the new strategy, and provide advice on how we expect to see people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction, the broad mental health workforce, and voices of communities sought out, heard, and represented in the strategy

Published: 24 March, 2026

(Whakarongorau), Helmut Modlik (Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira), Kevin Harper (Changing Minds), Luke Bradford (Royal New Zealand College of GPs), Phil Grady (HealthNZ), Shelley Campbell (Wise Group), and Professor Tony Dowell (University of Otago). Downloads Primary Care MHA Think Tank Paper - March 2026 pdf, 260 KB Download Primary Care MHA Think Tank Paper - March 2026 docx, 431 KB Download

Published: 16 February, 2024

Recommendations in the Meeting the mental health needs of young New Zealanders report released yesterday by the Auditor General show there is a long way to go to ensure every young person who needs support can access it.  “We’ve got to do everything we can to ensure rangatahi and young people

Published: February 2026

services in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Access and Choice programme, rolled out from 2019/20 over five years, has a particular focus on people with mild-to-moderate mental health and addiction needs. It aims to improve access to primary mental health, wellbeing, and addiction services, including in Kaupapa

Published: 5 June, 2024

picture of the system available. More New Zealanders are accessing mental health or addiction support from a GP or other primary health provider. The Access and Choice programme, newly established in 2019/20, provided support to around 186,000 people in 2022/23. However, the number of people

Published: March 2024

  Watch our second recording in the Te Huringa Tuarua webinar series - 5 October 2023. Find out how we can realise the potential of the peer support workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand.   We released our peer support workforce insights paper in June this year. This paper brings

Published: 11 June, 2025

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

Published: 23 May, 2024

constraint on delivering effective services, is improving how they are funded. Introducing a contracting model built on trust will ensure Pacific organisations can meet the diverse needs of their communities. “New Zealand needs to set Pacific people up for success, and that starts with addressing

Published: 4 January, 2023

given prominence. The New Zealand Royal Honours system is unique to New Zealand with candidates nominated by the community, and lists approved by the King of New Zealand on the Prime Minister’s advice for “going beyond the normal requirements of duty or office.” In testament to the high regard in which Mr Wano and his mahi is held, a number of people wrote in support of the honour. New Year's Honours List 2023 Hayden Wano biography

Published: 16 August, 2023

the new role.  “I am incredibly proud to have contributed to the transformation of the New Zealand mental health system through nearly 20 years of dedicated service, with my tenure at Te Hiringa Mahara being a highlight.”  Taimi begins her new mahi in South Australia in October, and she