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Published: August 2025

Our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi Learn more about our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Relationships and engagements Learn more about our relationship and engagement with Māori communities, systems and services. Advancing Māori mental health Find more information about the work that we do, including reports, about advancing Māori mental health.

Published: November 2025

Who we are Learn more about where we've come from and our role. Our people Find more information about the people at Te Hiringa Mahara. Accountability documents Read and download our Statement of Intent (SOI), Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) and Annual Report. Corporate publications Read and download our Official Information Act request replies, Kia Toipoto Action Plan and other related reports.

Published: 8 December, 2021

We released Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report 2021 on 8 December 2021. Te Rau Tira introduces our vision to improve wellbeing for communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our report measures wellbeing through our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework , which was developed alongside communities

Published: 29 May, 2025

key monitoring findings for specialist addiction services, and access to mental health and addiction services. Data reported on includes the number of people accessing addiction specialist services, wait times, workforce, and investment over the five-year period to June 2024. In most cases, they cover

Published: 21 February, 2022

I would like to welcome our newest member, Tuari Potiki, to the Board of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Tuari exemplifies leadership and has had a big influence on policy and service development. He continues to work in a place of manaaki and bring a voice of whānau in his work and

Published: 29 August, 2023

He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework describes what ideal wellbeing looks like. It comprises an aspirational vision, twelve wellbeing outcomes, and associated data. The vision for wellbeing in Aotearoa is:  tū tangata mauri ora, thriving together.  Read and download our He Ara

Published: 30 June, 2022

addiction system of Aotearoa, including services. Read more and download our He Ara Āwhina (Pathways to Support) Framework below Downloads He Ara Āwhina framework – te reo Māori pdf, 2.3 MB Download He Ara Āwhina framework – te reo Māori docx, 113 KB Download He Ara Āwhina framework – English pdf

Published: 9 April, 2026

monitoring products and provide curated information on mental health and wellbeing for use by interested stakeholders and complements our other reporting. The 13 measures in this Summary Set provide an overview across the breadth of He Ara Āwhina monitoring framework. A key role for Te Hiringa

Published: July 2025

experience networks, organisations and people, and are grateful for the contributions that lived experience groups have made to our work so far. Some of the ways that tāngata whaiora and lived experience groups can be involved in our work include: meeting with us kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) or online

Published: 18 February, 2025

This factsheet provides supplementary information about the number of people accessing specialist mental health and addiction services, with data up to June 2024. Latest data to June 2024, shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In