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Published: 2 February, 2022

we get the foundation right, now. A proper foundation will ensure that people’s lived experiences of mental distress and challenges are heard upfront and robustly challenge the fairness of the existing system”, says Wano. “The Bill could say a lot more about mental health, addiction and

Published: 4 November, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, is calling for a cohesive national mental health crisis response system by June 2027. “A highly effective crisis response system is at the heart of mental health and addiction services. When people are in crisis it is often where the

Published: 29 October, 2024

passed into law with unanimous support from MPs. When the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill was introduced in October 2021, we advocated for the inclusion of a mental health and addiction strategy under the legislation. While six other strategies were specified, mental health and addiction was not included

Published: 27 July, 2021

being strong system oversight and an agency that really kept the pressure on the system and also governments to actually do better, and for the system to perform better. So we monitor mental health and addiction services and we also look at some of those wider factors such as housing, education, and

Published: November 2023

View/download PDF: MHWC2024-007 Correspondence, briefings and reports between the Commission, Mike King and Ministers [PDF, 192KB] Reports on community based mental health services Date published:  4 February 2025 Response date:  13 June 2024 View/download PDF: MHWC2024-006 - Reports on

Published: 13 December, 2023

. At the heart of this kaupapa is the importance of rangatahi and young people having a voice and being part of decision-making about services that impacts them.  To ensure we understand what is happening across the mental health, addiction and wellbeing systems, we engage with a wide range of

Published: 30 November, 2022

where progress is being made, not only in access to services but also in having the opportunity to have genuine service choice. See the media release:  Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain Our Supplementary paper: Access and

Published: 23 October, 2024

‘alternatives’, we acknowledge that inpatient units are an important part of the mental health ecosystem. These inpatient services can be under pressure so providing more acute options will benefit everyone.  Our role is to bring to the fore the voices of lived and living experience, whānau

Published: 31 July, 2023

Aotearoa Foundation, shares how OHI Data Navigator is bringing data and story to life to understand and respond to rangatahi needs and aspirations from a grassroots to systems level thinking. Abdulla Shiblaq, Youth Facilitator, Yes Disability, talks about the importance of making crucial services, like mental health services, accessible for the disability community, not just the basic physical accessibility but also accessibility through communications.

Published: June 2024

, older people, rural communities, disabled people, prisoners, and children experiencing adverse childhood events, felt life is less worthwhile, and reported less security, poorer mental and overall health, and greater discrimination and barriers to wellbeing. We will use our He Ara Oranga wellbeing