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Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own
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Newsand digital age, where connection and community look a lot different than for previous generations. Over the past three years, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission has worked with young people to understand what drives mental health and wellbeing, including
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Have your say
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Māori and people with lived experience of mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm or addiction in all that we do, as outlined in our Lived Experience Position Statement . Your views are important to us, and we encourage you to have your say to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for
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More kaupapa Māori services
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Māori, who make up 17% of the population and have higher rates of mental distress than other population groups, have been advocating for equitable funding for Kaupapa Māori services for decades. What needs to change? We want to see: Equitable investment in Kaupapa Māori services
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Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts
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NewsA narrow focus on mental health may prevent us from understanding the broader wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - has found in its first report on the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. “For people to flourish and experience
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He Ara Āwhina development journey
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ResourceWork on He Ara Āwhina began with the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (Initial Commission) in October 2020. Find more information about the He Ara Āwhina framework here . Co-define phase October 2020 – February 2021 The Initial Commission sought feedback on why we should monitor
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Access and Choice Programme progress report 2021
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ResourceThis report found that the programme has put much-needed investment into primary and community care in line with many of the recommendations in He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction , enabling important services to be provided. The overall programme is on
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Understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people webinar
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News Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar on understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people on Wednesday 26 July. Our programme inlcuded the following four speakers: Principal Advisor, Katie Sherriff, shares insights from our youth wellbeing insights report, including calls to action
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Where did the $1.9 billion Wellbeing Budget go?
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NewsDetails of how the 2019 Wellbeing Budget Taking mental health seriously funding was spent have been made public by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. In a new report released today, the Commission shows that 92% of all funding allocated had been spent or committed by 30
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Pushing ahead with Phase two of the Health NZ and Police mental health response changes
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NewsOn 8 April the NZ Police and Health NZ made a joint announcement about Mental Health Response Changes. With Phase One complete, the agencies Phase Two will now start from 14 April with both agencies agreeing to a staged implementation across districts. Te Hiringa Mahara has made this
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Rural communities respond well to pandemic, despite challenges
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NewsThe COVID-19 pandemic has added additional stress to the rural community, which itself faces different wellbeing challenges to those of urban Aotearoa. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report, The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing