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Published: 5 December, 2024

Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024 is now publicly available. The report summarises how we contributed to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all New Zealanders in the preceding 12 months. This

Published: 5 March, 2025

Health and Addiction, Heath NZ Te Whatu Ora Inspector Matthew (Matt) Morris, Police Mental Health Response Change Programme lead, NZ Police Kerri Butler, Lived Experience, Take Notice The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member.  The webinar included a 30-minute

Published: 4 November, 2025

, Director, Take Notice Dr Leeanne Fisher, National Chief Mental Health and Addiction, Heath New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member. This webinar was the third in a series we have run covering the Commission's work programme examining

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: January 2024

Our commitment to lived experience We have promised to uphold a ‘nothing about us, without us’ approach and to work together to transform the mental health and addiction system. Meet our Lived Experience Advisors We currently have two Lived Experience Advisors who support connections with tāngata

Published: 14 May, 2026

. There has been no improvement for people who interact with services in any of the wellbeing measures we highlighted in our previous report. The 22 indicators include: measures relating to social connection, like trust and loneliness; material wellbeing, like income adequacy and going without fresh

Published: January 2026

all people in Aotearoa. Current opportunities We have no opportunities open at this time. If you would like to be notified of upcoming opportunities, you can sign up to our mailing list . Past opportunities  See our list of past consultations

Published: December 2025

Zealand.  This proactive release policy describes how Te Hiringa Mahara will ensure that it participates in government initiatives to increase the availability of official information that is not expressly prepared for publication.   Te Hiringa Mahara will proactively publish information that

Published: 30 April, 2026

adult services doesn’t meet the needs of young people.”  “Early intervention and secondary prevention are effective, scalable ways to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people, and reduce the need for more intensive services. The challenge now is making sure support is available for

Published: January 2026

recruitment queries, contact  hr@mhwc.govt.nz  or call 021 431 658. Keep up-to-date with our work Sign-up to our mailing list and we will email you news, event notices and other updates.  Sign-up here   Transparency Statement The objective of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and