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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

Data released today by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows that fewer people accessed specialist mental health and addiction services in the year from July 2023 to June 2024 than in previous years. Recently available data shows a decrease of over 3,000 fewer people than

Published: 16 September, 2024

Te Hiringa Mahara is proud to support Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2024 and the revitalisation of Te Reo Māori. Evidence shows that whānau flourish in environments where tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori are expressed freely, te reo Māori is adopted widely from infancy, and culture and language are

Published: 8 June, 2023

Pacific peoples’ connection – to family, community, culture and faith – has been a key source of strength and resilience in the pandemic. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report  Pacific connectedness and wellbeing in the pandemic&nbsp

Published: 22 March, 2023

Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic can help support the mental health and wellbeing of communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report,  Supporting wellbeing after a crisis .&nbsp

Published: 25 February, 2026

high psychological distress, our findings show fewer were seen by specialist services in the most recent year, and wait times show little sign of improvement. “We are not alone in sounding the alarm, yet we continue to see too many young people missing out on vital specialist mental health and

Published: November 2025

As an independent crown entity partner of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, we have prioritised engaging with tāngata whenua whānau, hapū and iwi.  We will be supported by Ngā Ringa Raupā (comprising the Director Māori Health, Principal Advisor Māori Health and Māori kaimahi) to build our authentic

Published: 11 June, 2025

“Our new system performance monitoring report highlights the need for faster improvements to address declining mental health and wellbeing,” said Karen Orsborn, CEO of Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. The System Performance Monitoring Report released today by Te Hiringa

Published: 28 October, 2021

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (the Commission) has today released its independent report into the progress of the  Access and Choice Programme  being developed and implemented under the leadership of the Ministry of Health. The programme, developed in response to

Published: 5 June, 2024

There have been significant changes in access to mental health and addiction over the past five years a monitoring report released today by Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows. The new report, Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun , provides the most up-to-date