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Published: February 2026

health and addiction system He Ara Āwhina has a goal of a whānau-dynamic mental health and addiction system, which means to realise the potential of whānau. We have published two versions of the framework – a summary version that is focused on the system aspirations, and the full framework that

Published: November 2025

As an independent Crown Entity, Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is required to publish a Statement of Intent (SOI) covering a period of four years, an annual Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE), as well as an Annual Report. Statement of Intents Statement of

Published: 6 October, 2022

health response, and for encouraging empathy, but we know that some communities experienced poorer wellbeing across a range of measures. If our understanding of peoples’ experience of wellbeing is monolithic, that we are all roughly the same, we miss the opportunity to understand and support

Published: 8 June, 2022

We welcome the transformational approach taken in the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill, which passed its third reading yesterday. The Commission’s Chair Hayden Wano says the Government now has the means to ensure better mental health and wellbeing outcomes for future generations. “It is very good to

Published: 31 May, 2023

This mental health and addiction service monitoring report is the main report that monitors across the breadth of national-level data. It aims to show what is working well and what isn’t in mental health and addiction services, how this has changed over time, and advocate for improvements. This

Published: 31 May, 2023

More people are accessing new services through the Access and Choice programme, however, there has been a decrease in people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services and other primary mental health services, and little or no change on other measures of service quality. This is

Published: 15 May, 2023

The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today. We only need to acknowledge increasing levels of distress, and the many well-known barriers to wellbeing, to understand that much more needs to be done to support young

Published: 9 March, 2023

During the 2020 national lockdown, reports of family violence increased considerably, but the New Zealand Police and advocacy groups were concerned that this was still under-reported. Women, children, rangatahi Māori, disabled people and rainbow youth were particularly affected. This is according

Published: May 2026

particular Māori, young people, LGBTQIA+ people, Pacific people and disabled people who face compounding and intersecting barriers to wellbeing. What we found is that: People who interact with mental health and addiction services experience poorer wellbeing outcomes Have lower household income

Published: January 2026

following changes to Cabinet in January 2023. Read and download our Briefing to the Incoming Minister below Briefing to the Incoming Minister - Feb 2023 [PDF, 19MB] Ngā hui tohutohu / Our briefings Our policy is to proactively release information and routinely publish briefings from Te Hiringa