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  • Achieving equity of Pacific mental health and wellbeing outcomes

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    analysis of well-established and respected data sources used across government to inform policy-making.  And a qualitative aspect which provides case studies of initiatives that are succeeding in promoting Pacific Peoples’ mental health and wellbeing, which may act as a model for future work

  • Annual Report 2022/23 highlights

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    on policy proposals and bills, such as the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill, Therapeutic Products Bill and Manatū Hauora policy proposal to repeal and replace the Mental Health Act.   We generated good coverage of the issues we’re working on in a variety of media outlets. Over the

  • Te Huringa Tuarua 2023 webinar series

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    Community Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act 1992 webinar When: 12:00pm-12:45pm Thursday, 28 September 2023 Pathway for peer support to transform the mental health and addiction workforce webinar When: 12:00pm-12:45pm Thursday, 5 October 2023 Mental health and addiction service use – what

  • Time called on compulsory community mental health treatment

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    subjected to a Compulsory Community Treatment Order under the Mental Health Act increased by 8% between 2017 and 2021. In 2021, almost 7,000 people were under compulsory treatment in our communities.    “We are surprised to see that use of community treatment orders has increased in

  • Commission will provide system oversight of new mental wellbeing long-term pathway

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    in their local communities increasing equity for priority groups - those communities that we know disproportionately experience mental distress and addiction working alongside people with lived experience of mental distress to repeal and replace the Mental Health Act - ensuring that all legislation

  • New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford

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    Te 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

  • Official Information Act requests

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    Te Hiringa Mahara is part of the New Zealand public sector and must meet its obligations under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA). OIA requests can be addressed to us via kiaora@mhwc.govt.nz . Our policy is to proactively publish OIA responses that may be of interest to the wider public

  • Accountability documents

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    Expectations sets out our work programme for the period 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025. It provides a one–year view of what we will deliver, how we will give effect to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020 and how our performance will be assessed. Statement of Performance Expectations 2024/25

  • Stronger more inclusive health sector means better health and wellbeing for all

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    voices of people experiencing mental distress and other challenges are heard and acted upon appropriately. “People with greater experience of negative health outcomes than most want more power in their decision-making. We are here to ensure that their views are heard; that this happens in a timely

  • Lived experience

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    important in all of our work. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act that established Te Hiringa Mahara requires our Board to include people with personal experience of mental distress and addiction at the governance level. See our Lived experience position statement Find more information on