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  • Leadership

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    Our leadership team provides strategic guidance for Te Hiringa Mahara -- Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. 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

  • Crisis response webinar: what makes an effective crisis response

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    Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar exploring effective crisis response models based on our recently released Crisis response literature scan held on 24 September 2025. The session provided an overview of the literature scan and featured speakers showcasing examples of crisis response in practice

  • Mental Health Bill

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    objective to promote supported decision making could be frustrated with the mix of new advocacy and support roles operating alongside existing statutory roles under the Act. With the current model for applications and decisions on compulsory care orders remaining intact, it is not clear how new

  • Home

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    over a five-year period, from January 2020 to December 2024. It examines how the current crisis response system is functioning, provides insights into the pathways people and whānau navigate when experiencing crisis, and defines what a good crisis response system could look like. We recommend a

  • Strategy on a page

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    plan into one place.  Our Pou Rama is standing strong, grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and shining bright on who we are, our areas of focus and what we do. It is supported by our vision, our mission and our values. Whāinga Tāhuhu | Our Vision: Tū tangata mauri ora | Thriving

  • Effectively addressing rising distress in rangatahi and young people

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    everyone who needs it.”  “Rangatahi and young people shouldn’t have to wait for crisis before they can access effective help,” says Dr Cullen.  Read and download the new reports  

  • Governance

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    on his Great Grandmother Lottie’s life and the wellbeing support and dignity everyone should have in our communities.  Rae Lamb, Board member Rae Lamb has extensive governance and leadership experience within the health sectors in New Zealand and Australia. Her recent career is marked by senior

  • Our monitoring dashboard

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    monitoring framework He Ara Āwhina. This describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like and is used to monitor the mental health and addiction system. He Ara Āwhina amplifies the voices of tāngata whaiora and whānau. It expresses each system aspiration from both a perspective of Te Ao

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    crisis response system are often delivered as standalone services or locally driven initiatives. There are proven approaches that need to be scaled-up nationwide, such as 24/7 access to phone-based crisis support, to ensure people get access to crisis support when and where they need it.  Our reporting

  • The future of primary mental health care

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    A think tank convened by Te Hiringa Mahara created space for ‘blue sky’ thinking about the future role primary and community care can play in supporting people with mental health and substance use needs. To share the outcome of the think tank workshop held in August 2025, we have published a short