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Published: 17 September, 2021

Commission calls for the Justice Select Committee to listen carefully to the voices of rainbow communities The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) appeared in front of the Justice Select Committee yesterday to speak to its  written submission  on the Conversion

Published: February 2026

. Access and Choice programme overview | April 2025 This page contains all reports on the Access and Choice programme, monitoring progress on improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in New Zealand. Mental health and addiction specialist service access factsheet | February 2025

Published: 27 September, 2024

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

Published: August 2025

Experience at the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. She is an enthusiastic advocate of the restorative power of being ourselves and has a passion for peer support and the power of lived experience to drive transformation. She joined the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in 2024 and has held

Published: 3 April, 2025

provides an overview of the implementation of Access and Choice,  primary mental health care programme.  The report finds that the Access and Choice programme has increased the access to and choice in services for people with mild to moderate mental health and addiction needs. This has

Published: 16 August, 2023

in the first two and half years of the Commission.  “Over the years, I have passionately advocated for the greater incorporation of lived wisdom and innovation within the mental health sector and have been proud to see the importance of both grow within the sector,” Taimi said on acceptance of

Published: 3 December, 2025

ensures transparency, acts as a lever for change, and allows people to see the impact from our recommendations.  The first recommendations were made in the Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey has Begun, monitoring report published in June 2024. These were directed towards Health New Zealand and the

Published: 15 May, 2023

and urgently ensure that there are real opportunities for young people to be involved in decisions that impact them. This is the heart of our call to action - Rangatahi Māori and young people must have a seat at every decision-making table where they can shape their own futures and their voices

Published: 7 August, 2025

previous Statement of Intent coming to an end, it was timely to develop our next strategy. We engaged with stakeholders to develop a Future Excellence Horizon. This process sought to answer what the future performance challenges for the Commission might be, and how we could be successful at meeting

Published: 15 December, 2025

accountable for change. One way we do this is through publishing monitoring reports and recommendations, assessing progress on the recommendations we make, and sharing this information with the public. We released our first 5-year monitoring report Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey has Begun in