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Our submissions
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ResourceGambling Harm 2025/26 to 2027/28 submission, October 2024 pdf, 278 KB Download HDC Code and Act review submission, August 2024 pdf, 207 KB Download Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill submission, July 2024 pdf, 394 KB Download Review of Adult Decision-Making Capacity Law submission
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2026 system performance monitoring report downloads
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ResourceThis report assesses how the mental health and addiction system is performing to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora and whānau. Progress is reported on six key system shifts that, taken together, would transform the mental health and addiction system. The six shifts
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Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes Health Quality and Safety Commission report on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Aotearoa
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Newsservices. “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
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Assessment of progress - implementation of Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga recommendations downloads
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ResourceGovernment. These five recommendations had a focus on improving access to mental health and addiction (MHA) services. They were: Health NZ develops a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025 (inclusive of clinical
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Covid-19 Insights Series - Supporting wellbeing after a crisis
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Resourcelessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic can help support the mental health and wellbeing of communities recovering from other crises, like Cyclone Gabrielle. The report shows the following: Help provided will need to target people who already experience disadvantage, including people and whānau
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Lived experiences of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act (1992) webinar
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Treatment Orders under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992. In this report, we intentionally bring forward the views of tāngata whaiora Māori, people with lived experience, family, and whānau related to the Compulsory Community Treatment Order process. The
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COVID-19 learnings can support communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle
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Newsinfrastructure and digital connectivity; to build service capability and capacity with a focus on long-term primary and community options; and to keep watch on the most disadvantaged and impacted communities over the short, medium, and long term. “Only by actively involving and empowering those who experience disadvantage, can we ensure a fair recovery for all.”
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Access to specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease
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NewsGovernment and health agencies to accelerate improvement in a range of critical areas. This included a call for Health NZ to develop a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025. “We will be keeping a close watch on access and will
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Put an end to CCTOs
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We are advocating for change from a coercive to a choice-based mental health system. The changes we are calling for can be made now. Repeal and replace the Mental Health Act New legislation must be co-designed with people with lived experience of compulsory treatment, uphold Te Tiriti o
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New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford
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NewsTe Hiringa Mahara has been governed by an active board since being formed in February 2021. On 27 September 2024 Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, and Mark Patterson, Minister for Rural Communities, jointly announced the appointment of Wayne Langford as a new board member. Wayne has been