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  • Abuse in care report recognises life-long trauma

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    that people who experienced abuse need to be able to access ongoing and appropriate care and support. We need to recognise that people have different responses to trauma and ensure access to culturally appropriate responses that best support their needs.  Though we cannot turn the clock back, we can

  • The Initial Commission reporting

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    four initial priority areas, and offered advice to consider in the early days of system transformation: Establishing Te Hiringa Mahara Publishing the suicide prevention strategy and establishing a Suicide Prevention Office Repealing and replacing the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and

  • Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes Health Quality and Safety Commission report on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Aotearoa

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    services. “As the Commission notes, the arrival of the Omicron variant has exposed long-standing, fundamental weaknesses in our health system. There is little capacity in the mental health system to cope with shocks, there are entrenched inequities in access to services and better outcomes experienced by

  • Older people contributed to communities during COVID-19, whilst dealing with impacts on personal wellbeing

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    Older people have contributed greatly to their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic whilst managing increased loneliness and a range of other challenges. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report  ​ The impact of COVID-19 on the

  • New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?

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    principles. We acknowledge the Committee’s work to achieve agreement on the proposed changes. Their efforts and engagement with complex issues in mental health law and practice, weighing up different perspectives and values, are a sign of democracy at work. At the same time, significant issues

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    co-response teams involving paramedics, mental health clinicians, peers and police staff. Over the past 10 years, such services have demonstrated that they can support people safely, and that people's levels of distress decrease when they are aided by people with lived experience who are trained in

  • Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    Ara Oranga framework describes what wellbeing looks like for people and whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand, at a population level, while He Ara Āwhina describes an ideal mental health and addiction system. These frameworks are designed to work together, acknowledging the critical contribution of the

  • Advancing Māori mental health and wellbeing

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    We are an organisation committed to being grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We have made a strong commitment to achieving better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and whānau. This is front and centre of who we are and what we do. Monitoring of Māori and whānau wellbeing

  • Who we are

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    February 2021.  Functions of the Mental Health Commissioner transferred to the new organisation at this time. In July 2022 we adopted the name Te Hiringa Mahara to reflect the positive energy,  confidence and strength to embody who we are. The new name was celebrated as part of a brand

  • Acute options for mental health care insights paper

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    culturally appropriate assessment, treatment, and social support, in line with people’s needs and preferences. There is an ongoing need to expand acute options to ensure acute mental health services are accessible, acceptable, and effective. This paper highlights peer-led, community-based, and Kaupapa