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Published: February 2024

. What is the purpose of the online forms? For our next monitoring report, we are investigating access to mental health and addiction services. We want to know what it is like for people to access mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa, and better understand what service options are available

Published: July 2025

experience networks, organisations and people, and are grateful for the contributions that lived experience groups have made to our work so far. Some of the ways that tāngata whaiora and lived experience groups can be involved in our work include: meeting with us kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) or online

Published: 18 February, 2025

This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In

Published: 11 June, 2025

people expect.”  “Peer support services for example have seen an increase since 2018 with greater investment in the peer and lived experience workforce. There has also been an increase in kaupapa Māori specialist mental health and addiction services since 2018, but this has yet to reach

Published: 25 July, 2023

to Jemaima for her contribution to the board, acknowledging her thought leadership, expertise and dedication.   Prior to joining Te Hiringa Mahara board Jemaima contributed to the mental wellbeing of Aotearoa through her work with the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction in 2018, and

Published: November 2025

Report, summaries and infographic Achieving equity of Pacific mental health and wellbeing outcomes report Download and read the full report and summaries. This report and data infographic brings together insights about Pacific peoples' wellbeing using our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework

Published: 5 November, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes investment in crisis response services announced today by Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey. The substantial funding package will improve access to support for people in mental health and substance use crisis. The announcement

Published: 1 December, 2021

We are currently in the important stage of mahi (work) to develop the methods and measures for how we will monitor and assess the mental health and addiction system. Phase 1 of this work was completed at the end of 2022, and mahi will continue for measures where data does not exist or are not

Published: 1 October, 2020

-design of the vision of what a system of services, support, and approaches should look like for people and whānau who experience mental distress, substance use harm, or gambling harm (or a combination of these). The group included a Māori EAG which supported the development of a te ao Māori perspective

Published: 29 August, 2023

The  He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework  is a conceptual framework that describes an aspirational vision of 'what good looks like' in the future. It is a holistic wellbeing framework that focuses on wellbeing for all and is also relevant to those with lived experience of mental