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Published: 5 June, 2024

access to mental health and addiction services and the service options available to people. In this infographic we present the key results for young people. The infographic also presents findings from our quantitative assessment of mental health and wellbeing among young people and rangatahi Māori, using

Published: 5 June, 2024

The purpose of this report is to monitor mental health and addiction services over the five-year period from July 2018 to June 2023. The report focuses on access to services and options available.  On this page you can download or view: Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun 2024

Published: January 2026

, including any new mental health and addictions investment prioritising Kaupapa Māori services.  Improved commissioning models that recognise mana motuhake and tino rangatiratanga and enable Māori providers to design, develop and deliver services appropriate to their communities. &nbsp

Published: 25 February, 2026

and Pacific adults. Synthesising the health survey data is part the role of Te Hiringa Mahara as  thought leaders in the system for mental health and wellbeing. Downloads Mental health and substance data summary: Key findings from the NZ health Survey 2024/2025 pdf, 3.3 MB Download Mental health and substance data summary: Key findings from the NZ health Survey 2024/2025 docx, 3.8 MB Download

Published: February 2026

includes detailed descriptions of what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. Te Hiringa Mahara uses He Ara Āwhina to monitor services and assess whether the mental health and addiction system is functioning as needed to enable wellbeing alongside the He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes

Published: 28 August, 2024

This Budget 2019 to Budget 2022 investment in mental health and addiction report focuses on where key mental health and addiction investments have been spent as of 30 June 2023. We answer the question: ‘Where has the funding gone?’ This report shows where the Budget 2019 investment in the

Published: 2 September, 2024

Tūheitia as you return to the resting place of your ancestors.     Hayden Wano, Board Chair on behalf of all the Board and staff Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission       

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: 20 May, 2025

health support requires deeper consideration of these ideas and ways to apply them in practice. A modern Mental Health Act, to the greatest extent possible, must reduce coercive practices. We are not there yet. Read the Commission's submission on the Mental Health Bill (PDF, 284 KB) This commentary was first published by Horizon magazine

Published: 22 March, 2022

Key information Te Huringa 2022 was our first mental health services and addiction services monitoring report. It shows the performance of mental health services and addiction services between 2016-2017 and 2020-2021. The report covers mental health services and addiction services funded by the