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  • Mental health and addiction targets welcomed

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    The announcement of targets to address wait times and workforce pressures across the mental health and addiction system has been welcomed by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. “Access to appropriate services when and where they are needed is very important to people seeking

  • Te Hiringa Mahara to continue to advocate for young people after Oranga Tamariki Bill passes third reading

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    Wellbeing Commission, as kaitiaki (guardian) of mental health and wellbeing, monitors the wellbeing outcomes of young people with experience of care now and will do so in the future. It will continue to advocate for their right to be heard and to influence decisions made about them, Board Chair Hayden

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    despite evidence there is no therapeutic value in such practices. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission wants investment that will provide the choice of services needed to enhance everyone's safety, end coercive practices and support whānau to safely navigate through significant distress

  • Call for a National Mental Health Crisis System

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    Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, is calling for a cohesive national mental health crisis response system by June 2027. “A highly effective crisis response system is at the heart of mental health and addiction services. When people are in crisis it is often where the

  • Pacific people's wellbeing - the path to equitable outcomes webinar

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    violence on future wellbeing.  The session was chaired by Dr Ella Cullen, Director Wellbeing System Leadership and Insights, Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Webinar resources: Pacific people's wellbeing outcomes webinar presentation (by Matt Bloomer) (PDF 1.1MB) Speaker details  Matt

  • Where did the $1.9 billion Wellbeing Budget go?

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    Details of how the 2019 Wellbeing Budget Taking mental health seriously funding was spent have been made public by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. In a new report released today, the Commission shows that 92% of all funding allocated had been spent or committed by 30

  • Crisis response webinar: what makes an effective crisis response

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    ongoing Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission programme of work examining effective crisis response systems, which will inform our upcoming monitoring report scheduled for publication in November 2025, and we expect to inform future service design and improvements.   Our

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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    need to thrive. It also means having hope and trust, and the freedom to flourish. Te Hiringa Mahara will focus on understanding the impacts of COVID-19 so that the response and recovery supports mental health and wellbeing. Over the coming year we will closely monitor emerging information

  • More deliberate focus needed to ensure all people in Aotearoa experience good wellbeing

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    Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report highlights need to listen to and work alongside people with highest need and those disproportionately experiencing inequity Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report 2021 [PDF, 9 MB]  found that most communities in Aotearoa New Zealand tend to

  • Our relationships

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    Connecting with lived experience communities and tāngata whaiora is crucial if we are going to do our job well – monitoring the mental health and addiction system, contributing to equitable wellbeing for all, and advocating for the changes needed. We are growing our connections with lived