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  • Deepening inequities in the mental health system call for action

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    Commenting on the Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services: Regulatory Report (1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024) released today, Te Hiringa Mahara pointed to entrenched inequities within the system. Māori continue to be disproportionately subjected to some of the most harmful practices in our mental health system.

  • The future of primary mental health care

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    A think tank convened by Te Hiringa Mahara created space for ‘blue sky’ thinking about the future role primary and community care can play in supporting people with mental health and substance use needs. To share the outcome of the think tank workshop held in August 2025, we have published a short

  • Leadership

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    Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. During 2020, Karen led the establishment of Te Hiringa Mahara as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Karen has held a variety of health management and leadership roles that focus on improving outcomes for people through working

  • More kaupapa Māori services

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    options for non-Māori. We are already seeing changes, but we need to see more Currently, Access and Choice allocates 20% of ringfenced funding for Kaupapa Māori services, which is heading in the right direction. Increases in future years for Kaupapa Māori services will contribute significantly towards

  • Put an end to CCTOs

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    this is unacceptable. Māori and Pacific peoples are more likely to experience compulsory treatment, and solitary confinement. In 2020/21, Māori were 1.8 times more likely than Pacific peoples and 4 times more likely than other ethnicities to be subject to Compulsory Community Treatment Orders.&nbsp

  • He Ara Āwhina framework

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    co-define phase beginning in October 2020, the co-development phase, and the methods and measurement phase. Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina Read more about our guide to language in He Ara Āwhina. We created a framework called He Ara Āwhina, which means pathways to support. He Ara Āwhina was

  • Mental Health Bill

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    Download Mental Health Bill submission pdf, 284 KB Since our formation Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has contributed to policy development to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand has mental health law based on human rights and eliminates coercive practices or reduces them to the

  • Strategy on a page

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    In 2025 we finalised an updated organisational strategy. This covers the four years to 2029 and sets out how we will achieve our vision and mission. The 2025-2029 Statement of Intent reflects this refreshed direction. Agreement to a new strategy followed a thorough review process, consultation and

  • Governance

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    The Te Hiringa Mahara Board is chaired by Hayden Wano. The board members are Professor Sunny Collings, Dr Barbara Disley, Rae Lamb, Wayne Langford, Tuari Potiki and Josiah Tualamali'i. Appointments to the Board were announced on 18 December 2020 by the Minister of Health. The announcement was

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    treatment is forceful and traumatising. There is no evidence that it is effective, and in fact it can be counter-productive in terms of treatment outcomes. He Ara Oranga, the 2018 Inquiry into mental health and addiction, called for a repeal and replacement of the Mental Health (Compulsory