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Published: March 2024

member for Auckland based advocacy and support organisation, Changing Minds. Guy Baker, Principal Advisor Māori Whānau Lived Experience He uri au o te iwi o Ngāti Porou Ko Guy Baker awau A personal journey of lived experience of mental distress later in life, sparked a passion that saw Guy join Te

Published: 20 May, 2025

of individuals, organisations, experts and communities. A rich body of knowledge, and a source of ideas for ways to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of coercive practices in mental health services, is now available under ‘related resources’ on Parliament’s website, for all to draw on. It is

Published: 13 December, 2023

Commissioner Forum. We participated in forums organised by the World Federation for Mental Health and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL). We met visiting IIMHL CEO Steve Appleton alongside Le Va colleagues in early November.    We have a small but very committed

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: 7 August, 2025

We have reviewed and refreshed our strategy to continue to meet the challenges of today. After taking stock of where the organisation had got to after its first three years, we have looked ahead to how we’ll achieve our vision over the next four years. The resulting strategy sets out how we work

Published: 18 August, 2022

. Non-government organisations (NGOs), particularly kaupapa Māori and peer-support services, stepped up and provided increased support and outreach during lockdowns. These organisations were supported by the Government through faster access to funding and allowing services to act outside the confines

Published: 16 June, 2022

Strategies and the World Health Organisation's Quality Rights Initiative will help change practice. Providing alternative options for acute care will further reduce the need for coercion. Recent Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission reports found that the number of people subject to a community treatment

Published: January 2026

Commission. Ella has held a variety of roles in the public sector, most recently advising the Chief Māori and Equity Officer at ACC. In this role Ella established the first Māori Wellbeing Outcomes Framework for ACC, Te Kāpehu Whetū, which has informed the measurement approach for organisational

Published: January 2026

sector reviews and evaluations. Barbara has been the Chief Executive of a number of non-government organisations including the Mental Health Foundation and Richmond Fellowship. She was the Chief Executive of Emerge Aotearoa, New Zealand’s largest national mental health, addictions, disability and

Published: 30 June, 2022

particular direction and denying fully informed consent. Commercial determinants Private sector (companies that aren’t controlled by the state) activities that can affect people’s health [and wellbeing] positively or negatively (World Health Organisation, 2021). This can include alcohol advertising, or