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Published: 8 April, 2026

improve mental health and wellbeing; and take a coordinated approach to bring together government strategies and plans that address mental health.  Our June 2025 advice responded to an earlier draft of the Strategy. The Strategy has been updated since then, but the themes of that advice are

Published: 5 June, 2024

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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: January 2026

  We are advocating for change from a coercive to a choice-based mental health system. The changes we are calling for can be made now. Repeal and replace the Mental Health Act New legislation must be co-designed with people with lived experience of compulsory treatment, uphold Te Tiriti o

Published: 27 January, 2022

vulnerable to COVID-19, then this is going to reduce their sense of wellbeing and their mental health. “As we move into the next stage of the vaccination challenge, we will continue to monitor the data and the uptake of the booster amongst these important groups, as well as ensuring that they are

Published: April 2026

He Ara Āwhina Framework Our He Ara Āwhina (Pathways to Support) framework describes how our system delivers for tāngata whaiora and whānau. Mental health and addiction service monitoring reports Our mental health and addiction service monitoring reports published since 2022. Updated April 2026. He

Published: February 2026

have developed the methods and measures for how to monitor and assess the mental health and addiction system, and we will continue to update.   We established a Technical Advisory Network (TAN)  to provide advice and expertise of methods, measures, data sources and data gaps.

Published: November 2025

was released in July 2025.  Statement of Intent 2025 - 2029 [PDF 6.1MB] Statement of Intent 2022 – 2026 - updated An updated Statement of Intent was prepared in 2024 to ensure current government priorities are reflected. The document was released in August 2024. Statement of Intent 2022-2026

Published: 6 October, 2022

good mental health and wellbeing, services and resources are important, but not enough.  People need to have their rights, dignity and tino rangatiratanga upheld; they need to feel valued and connected to their communities and their cultures; and they need skills, resilience, hope and purpose

Published: 8 June, 2022

see the Bill’s focus on understanding and addressing the social determinants of health and wellbeing, and on upholding te Tiriti o Waitangi. We welcome efforts to reduce health and wellbeing inequities,” Mr Wano said. “We want a continued focus on improving mental health outcomes and ensuring a