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  • Pacific community connections key to wellbeing during COVID-19

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    wellbeing and the diverse experiences within unique cultural and ethnic Pacific populations.  “Pacific people have shown that they know how to support their communities - we can support greater wellbeing by listening to Pacific peoples, involving them in decision-making, and trusting and resourcing them to support each other and their communities.”  

  • Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support

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    -19, Māori didn’t just respond, they identified the need for an equity lens to be applied to the wider response by considering the needs of tangata whenua as Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners and building on work already grounded in tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori, underpinned by established networks

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

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    . The Bill aims to ban conversion practices, which cover a broad range of practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.  “We know from listening to rainbow communities that discrimination and prejudice against who they are has a

  • COVID-19 learnings can support communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle

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    Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic can help support the mental health and wellbeing of communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report,  Supporting wellbeing after a crisis .&nbsp

  • Leadership as a mental wellbeing system enabler report

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    Aotearoa’s approach to mental health and wellbeing. Kia Manawanui was released in 2021 and it is timely for the Commission to consider if the right foundations have been put in place to deliver the medium and long-term changes. The cross-government, 10-year plan lays out a broad range of short, medium

  • Rural communities respond well to pandemic, despite challenges

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    health services. Poor connectivity meant more people were struggling to get help, advice and support; with older people even less likely to be online. The closure of social hubs, such as schools and libraries, during lockdowns also had large impacts on communities. “Our report highlights the

  • Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain

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    mental health and addiction staff and reduce pressure on the existing workforce. “While we can and should take satisfaction from the progress made over the last three years, we need to ensure that people have mental health, wellbeing and addiction services when and where they are needed, and access to a

  • Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    Whai Ora, Ministry of Health, Whakarongorau Aotearoa and other agencies.  Te Hiringa Mahara prepared this infographic report with the help and expertise of many people including rangatahi and young people driving decisions. A special thanks to our Expert Advisory Group co-chaired by Sharon Shea and Ihorangi Reweti-Peters with Dr Sacha McMeeking, Dr Jess Stubbing, Matariki Turuwhenua, Abdulla Shiblaq and Romy Lee.

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    good mental health and wellbeing, services and resources are important, but not enough.  People need to have their rights, dignity and tino rangatiratanga upheld; they need to feel valued and connected to their communities and their cultures; and they need skills, resilience, hope and purpose

  • Achieving equity of Pacific mental health and wellbeing outcomes

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    will be successful when the potential in Pacific communities, Pacific knowledge, and Pacific ways of providing wellbeing is unlocked. Pacific communities are already implementing local solutions, often alongside government, to address many of the interrelated barriers to wellbeing, but support and resources are needed to address the barriers to wellbeing they face.