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Published: 2 September, 2025

forms part of the ongoing Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission programme of work examining effective crisis response systems, which will inform our upcoming monitoring report scheduled for publication in November 2025, and we expect to inform future service design and

Published: 30 September, 2025

draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan for 2025-2029, November 2024 pdf, 798 KB Download Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2025/26 to 2027/28 submission, October 2024 pdf, 278 KB Download HDC Code and Act review submission, August 2024 pdf, 207 KB Download Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of

Published: January 2026

, but not all, of the functions of Te Hiringa Mahara. The Initial Commission's work Mā Te Rongo Ake / through listening and learning (PDF 7.6MB) , a report from the Initial Commission assessing progress of the government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction, was

Published: January 2026

of Te Tiriti o Waitangi have had on the wellbeing of Māori as tāngata whenua, and the trauma that has been caused by alienation and racism Commit to doing no further harm to Māori as tāngata whenua and to being an organisation grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi Support healing and the improvement of

Published: 9 April, 2025

On 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

Published: 18 February, 2025

Tīmata Te Haerenga service monitoring report. We found that this was not due to a decrease in need for specialist services, but largely due to significant workforce shortages and increasing complexity of people’s needs. In June 2024, the Commission made a set of recommendations for urgent action by

Published: 16 September, 2024

is imporant in daily life, and over half of all New Zealanders agree te reo Māori should be taught in primary school. These findings are further supported by our recent wellbeing assessment showing that support for te reo Māori is high among Māori and is increasing among non-Māori.  Our work on

Published: 22 March, 2023

increase, and the support people need will be required for some time. We will need an immediate investment in local mental health and addiction services, which must not have a time limit on availability for people who need them.   “Social infrastructure should be prioritised – this includes

Published: 24 March, 2026

components of an effective landscape noted down include: Community oriented, locally-led and flexible Integrated across key boundaries – both horizontally with community services and vertically with specialist services Access to primary care needs to be fast and accessible Mental health and physical

Published: April 2026

addiction, and advocating for their needs and aspirations. Learn more about us   Updated dashboard and summary set - April 2026 New monitoring data about the performance of mental health and addiction services is now available. This new data is for the most recent year, up until 30 June