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Published: 3 April, 2025

substantially increased access to support, however efforts to reach the aim of 325,000 people accessing services needs to be intensified.  Our expert panel discussed their experiences with the programme from the perspectives of lived experience, Kaupapa Māori services, and the workforce. &nbsp

Published: September 2023

realised Healing, growth and being resilient Being connected and valued Having hope and purpose Read and download our He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework summary [PDF 1.8 MB] The framework is also intended as a shared framework, which can be used by many people and organisations that play a part

Published: 18 August, 2022

priority. We know how important mental health and wellbeing is to people and echo their calls for a continued focus on delivering tangible improvements and continued investment to lift the wellbeing of our communities, particularly those who have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article was published in the New Zealand Herald on 18 August 2022.

Published: February 2026

focusing on our legislated priority groups. The purpose of this summary is to provide a synthesis of key mental health and substance use findings from the NZ Health Survey. We want to maximise available evidence to drive improved decision making. Our aim is for this information to be used for

Published: 1 November, 2022

The He Ara Āwhina co-development phase ran from March 2021 to June 2022. A draft version of He Ara Āwhina went out for public consultation for six weeks from 8 March to 19 April 2022. We supported many ways for people to share feedback such as via email, LinkedIn, mail, voice message

Published: 22 March, 2022

Key information 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

Published: 31 July, 2023

  Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar on understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people on Wednesday 26 July. Our programme inlcuded the following four speakers: Principal Advisor, Katie Sherriff, shares insights from our youth wellbeing insights report, including calls to action

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: 25 February, 2026

Ara Awhina monitoring framework to help us understand how tāngata whaiora access services and how services are performing within a wider system. Data reported on includes the number of people accessing services, wait times, and workforce. This is released as part of our regular monitoring role. Te

Published: 15 March, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara has produced a series of short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus. Supporting wellbeing after a crisis  In this report, we show that