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Published: 23 October, 2024

deserve in our Acute options for mental health care insights paper . While services are diverse, there are some key elements that contribute to their success. It is well known that the type of care someone experiences while in distress has a big impact on their recovery. People respond in very

Published: February 2026

reports and looks at how the services have been implemented across the five-year roll-out period. It looks at what was delivered by the programme compared with what was intended, as well as the impacts of the programme on people and on the mental health and addiction sector. The Access and Choice

Published: 22 May, 2026

mental health as part of the same story, not two separate ones. Recognising that connection means designing climate policy and planning with young people, not just for them, and making sure support, community connection, and a sense of agency for our rangatahi are integral to the way Aotearoa New Zealand responds.

Published: 30 April, 2026

and interventions included were those that had been evaluated in the last 10 years and where the studies examined whether supports improved distress, anxiety or depressive symptoms, among young people aged 12–24 years. In total, 20 studies of 16 interventions were identified that met these criteria

Published: 13 December, 2023

annual report available for download.    A big emphasis in the last year has been on solidifying our monitoring approach and laying the foundation for our advocacy. We published Te Huringa Tuarua, a detailed report on services, along with four insights papers exploring youth services

Published: January 2026

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Published: February 2026

focusing on our legislated priority groups. The purpose of this summary is to provide a synthesis of key mental health and substance use findings from the NZ Health Survey. We want to maximise available evidence to drive improved decision making. Our aim is for this information to be used for

Published: 5 July, 2022

intentionally taken time to get to know ourselves and develop our strategy since our establishment last year. This has helped us to reflect on the essence of who we are and what we stand for in our te Reo name.   “We are embarking on a challenging hikoi of transformation as we find our place in

Published: April 2026

data summary on addiction specialist services shows a declining number of people using these services alongside signals of service constraints such as declined referrals and wait times. The data summary on mental health and addiction services put the declining number of people accessing specialist

Published: 27 June, 2023

and have higher rates of mental distress than other populations groups, have been advocating for equitable funding for kaupapa Māori services for decades. The proportion of tāngata whaiora Māori accessing Māori specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over the last five-year