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Published: 30 November, 2022

: Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years [PDF, 311 KB] Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years [DOCX, 496 KB] Read and download our Access and Choice Programme: Report on the first

Published: 29 August, 2023

The Initial Commission produced three reports between 2021 and 2020; Mā Te Rongo Ake / Through Listening and Hearing, the Thematic Analysis and He Ara Oranga - Mānuka Takoto, Kawea Ake / Upholding the Wero Laid in He Ara Oranga.

Published: August 2025

468KB) Lived Experience Position Statement (text), July 2025 (PDF 377KB) Nau Mai te Ao Nau Mai te Ao sits behind our Lived Experience Position Statement, as a discussion document that shares how we have explored understanding, honouring, and working with lived experience. Nau Mai te Ao is a resource

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: January 2026

Terms of Reference: Terms of Reference [DOCX, 35 KB] Terms of Reference [PDF, 142 KB] The Initial Commission's reporting The Initial Commission's reporting included an assessment of progress report, an interim report and thematic analysis of the Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction. Find more information on the Initial Commission's reporting below 

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: 8 December, 2021

Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report 2021 [PDF, 9 MB] found that most communities in Aotearoa New Zealand tend to experience good wellbeing, most of the time.

Published: 22 March, 2022

Te Huringa 2022 was our first mental health services and addiction services monitoring report. It shows the performance of mental health services and addiction services between 2016-2017 and 2020-2021. The report covers mental health services and addiction services funded by the public health system.

Published: June 2026

]  Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) Statement of Performance Expectations 2025 - 2026 This Statement of Performance Expectations sets out our work programme for the period 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026. It provides a one–year view of what we will deliver, how we will give effect to the

Published: 16 June, 2026

submission, December 2024 pdf, 332 KB Download Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Bill submission, December 2024 pdf, 580 KB Download Submission on the draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan for 2025-2029, November 2024 pdf, 798 KB Download Strategy to Prevent and Minimise