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Published: 15 December, 2025

When people gathered at the Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa conference in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in early November, it was a first for more than one reason. The day-long event was the first-time people from across the mental health and addiction sector have met to look at how crisis responses are

Published: 1 November, 2023

A big thank you to everyone who gave us feedback on their journey accessing mental health and addiction services. We received over 300 responses through the data collection that we ran in November. This is now closed. We wanted to hear from people seeking help with mental distress or addiction: If

Published: 5 June, 2023

accessible public health information, access to health care, food and care packages, and spiritual and social help. The lessons learned from Pacific communities' experiences during the pandemic should inform future policies and responses. Pacific people have shown that they know how to support their

Published: 5 May, 2023

effective government support can be optimised when Māori responses are trusted, acted upon, and enabled through the realignment of wellbeing system processes. We thus call on the government to provide sustained support and resources to Māori to continue to deliver for their communities. Read other reports

Published: 31 March, 2026

Mahara called for an end to seclusion in Aotearoa, and a significant reduction, and eventual phase‑out, of compulsory community treatment orders. “We must move away from coercive responses to mental distress and invest in approaches that are early, supportive, and, most importantly, grounded in

Published: 30 September, 2025

As an integral part of our advocacy work, Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission often comments on and makes recommendations in response to consultation documents, regulations, draft bills, and regulations that may impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in Aotearoa

Published: February 2024

for changes to the mental health and addiction system. If we have people’s permission, we may also use what they share with us for other monitoring and advocacy projects. Are the online forms confidential and anonymous? All online form responses are confidential, and people can choose to be

Published: 9 March, 2023

broad range of community-based organisations, including Whānau Ora providers, women’s refuges, and Māori wardens. “However, while government and community responses were and are valuable, more should be done to empower communities, provide a range of safe accessible supports, and monitor and research family and sexual violence.”

Published: 1 May, 2023

some Government and community responses were valuable, but more should be done to empower communities, provide a range of safe accessible supports, and monitor and research family and sexual violence. To help members of some of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities stay safe and secure in the face of

Published: 13 December, 2023

, kaupapa Māori services, compulsory community treatment orders and the peer support workforce. A dashboard has been developed to ensure data is more easily accessible See: www.mwhc.govt.nz/dashboard    Taking stock of the lessons we can take from the COVID-19 pandemic response was a focus