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Published: 25 June, 2020

more people and there are pockets of success and innovation to expand access and increase choice for mental health and addiction services. However, funding mechanisms have not changed enough to support a partnership approach, which would see priority populations co-design services from the beginning

Published: 28 October, 2021

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) has today released its independent report into the progress of the  Access and Choice Programme  being developed and implemented under the leadership of the Ministry of Health. The programme, developed in response to

Published: January 2026

communications about mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa to the public and all our stakeholders. If you have concerns about the way we are working, we would like to hear from you. We will work with you to not only put right your complaint, but to improve our reporting, advice, and

Published: 1 October, 2020

and Pacific communities. People told us: Support starts and continues with people and communities, not services. The former Mental Health Commissioner’s framework was viewed as being too narrow but was something that could be refined and built upon. The voices of Māori and tāngata whaiora are crucial

Published: 13 December, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn shares highlights from our 2022-23 Annual Report. In our second full year we have ramped up our efforts as kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa. In this short note I am sharing some of the highlights from the 2022-23 year, with our full

Published: 18 August, 2022

people's lives, have not always been as visible as the immediate health impacts of contracting COVID-19 and getting well again, but they are just as real. Mental health services and addiction services have continued performing at pre-COVID-19 levels, which is a substantial achievement

Published: 13 December, 2023

areas. This is why a Mental Health Minister position is so important.  Take for example efforts to lift positive mental health and wellbeing for young people. These not only improve wellbeing in adulthood but also flow over into educational attainment, productivity and the economy more broadly

Published: 20 May, 2025

people has not risen at the same level as other parts of the system. Youth-focused mental health services are important as young people are currently facing longer wait times for specialist mental health and addiction services. Over the last five years there has been a general decline in young people

Published: 10 March, 2026

blanket age-based bans are too simplistic, impractical, easy to get around, hard to enforce, and can push young people to more dangerous corners of the internet. It also does not address the factors that are driving increasing distress. Instead, real solutions require that we go upstream to where the

Published: July 2024

wellbeing for rangatahi Māori are: Outcome concept Indicator Source Tino rangatiratanga me te mana motuhake The proportion of Māori students enrolled in kura kaupapa Māori The proportion of Māori 15 to 24-year-olds who think spirituality is quite or very important The proportion of Māori 15 to 24-year