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Published: September 2023

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Published: 23 July, 2024

Watch the recording from the 8 August 2024 webinar we co-hosted with Le Va.

Published: 12 June, 2024

leadership action in the ‘Kia Manawanui long-term pathway’. This comes at the end of the short-term commitments under the plan (2021-2023) and is the first independent assessment of progress and insights on Kia Manawanui.  The report is structured around the three key actions that sit under

Published: 3 April, 2025

At the five- year mark, the Access and Choice Programme has proved to be a valuable addition to the mental health, addiction and wellbeing support services available to people throughout the country.

Published: 5 June, 2024

; We hosted a webinar to walk people through key findings from this report alongside the data behind these findings. We also shared the changes we want to see happen.    The report shows that service access has increased in some parts of the system but decreased in others. The new Access

Published: 20 May, 2025

In this article Sonya Russell, Director Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, outlines progress by Parliament to repeal and replace the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992.  With its 17 April report on the Mental Health Bill, the Health Select Committee has

Published: 23 May, 2024

A report from Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows that more should be done to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes of Pacific peoples. The report and data infographic was published on 23 May 2024.

Published: 21 March, 2024

recent years there has been a marginal increase in the size of the peer support workforce (an increase of 64 FTE or 18% between 2018 and 2022) but it still makes up only 3.4% of the wider mental health and addictions workforce.  “The peer support approach and values are critical to transforming

Published: 29 May, 2025

Two new data summaries provide updated data on access and trends for mental health and addiction services, with the second one focused on addiction specialist services. This is released as part of our regular monitoring role. The purpose of these data summaries is to highlight and bring together

Published: 29 May, 2025

into access to publicly funded mental health and addiction services.   The two data summaries include information and data on addiction specialist services and access to services. Read now