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  • More deliberate focus needed to ensure all people in Aotearoa experience good wellbeing

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    Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report highlights need to listen to and work alongside people with highest need and those disproportionately experiencing inequity Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report 2021 [PDF, 9 MB]  found that most communities in Aotearoa New Zealand tend to

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services

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    , substance, or gambling harm) as heard through He Ara Oranga," says Commission Board Chair Hayden Wano.  The Commission’s recent Te Huringa: Change and Transformation. Mental Health Service and Addiction Service Monitoring Report highlighted the need for more to be invested in

  • Refreshed strategic direction – July 2025

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    approach that we are pursuing over the coming four years are to: bring a clearer focus on people with lived experience of mental distress or addiction utilise our knowledge and insights to promote alignment, guide the system and influence positive change across the mental health and addiction system step

  • Who we are

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    insights to promote alignment and guide positive change across the system, and stepping up into our system leadership role. Building on our strong foundations as a kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing, we will bring a stronger view of system performance as we work towards our vision of all people

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - COVID-19 and safety in the home

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    -19 pandemic and lockdowns led to an increase in reports of violence and harm in the home, with some groups particularly impacted. The report also shows the following: Being cut off from support networks and being trapped in unsafe situations saw violence and controlling behaviour change, increase

  • Treasury Te Tai Waiora Wellbeing Report reflects same youth wellbeing focus as Te Hiringa Mahara

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    their effects on wellbeing and mental distress. “Our 2021 Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report found that many people experienced positive wellbeing outcomes in home, schooling and community environments. However, it also reported that 23% of tamariki Māori lived in households with good material

  • Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support

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    Māori-led initiatives played a key role in protecting the health and wellbeing of communities, supporting connection with individuals and whānau, and sharing information and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing

  • Our monitoring dashboard

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    is to improve what we offer. Any feedback and suggestions are very welcome – please get in touch by email kiaora@mhwc.govt.nz .  In time, we will monitor other mental health and addiction supports and services, and we will continue to make more detailed investigations into system-level change.  Last updated: 11 June 2025.

  • Lived experiences of CCTOs report

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    see the new mental health law based on supported decision making, and embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and a Te Ao Māori worldview. Practices that need to change now under the current Mental Health Act 1992: We want to see a reduction in the number of applications and outcomes granted for CCTOs, and

  • Wellbeing

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    we can useto understand people's wellbeing and to see how this is changing over time. The results help us assess and report on approaches to mental health and wellbeing, and how these approaches can be improved to support greater wellbeing for people, whānau, and communities. Find more information