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  • Our brand story

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    Commission Board, Dean Rangihuna, He Ara Oranga Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry Panel member, and former Mental Health Commissioner, Kevin Allan, spoke at the event. Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission launch, April 2021 Dean Rangihuna address to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

  • Meet our Lived Experience Advisors

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    Experience at the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. She is an enthusiastic advocate of the restorative power of being ourselves and has a passion for peer support and the power of lived experience to drive transformation. She joined the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in 2024 and has held

  • Advocacy

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    health and wellbeing.  We are prioritising three focus areas for our advocacy:  Transforming from a coercive to a choice-based system Improving mental health and wellbeing for rangatahi and young people More kaupapa Māori services. We cannot advocate alone. There are many ways that you can support

  • Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    We have have created an up-to-date picture of the state of wellbeing for rangatahi and young people in Aotearoa. The Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services infographic was released in June 2024. View infographic online .    Download infographic (PDF 359KB

  • COVID-19 restrictions impact family violence and wellbeing, empowered communities key to supporting safety at home

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    made accessing help difficult for some communities, digital technology also allowed online violence and abuse to be brought directly into people’s homes. While social media was useful to mitigate physical isolation and enhance social connectedness, experiences of digital harm and violence skyrocketed

  • Crisis response webinar: what makes an effective crisis response

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    -led services and co-response teams. The webinar explored key principles for an effective crisis response system, including the benefits of national coordination, standards, and infrastructure, alongside the impact of kaupapa Māori and peer-led initiatives in Aotearoa. This webinar forms part of the

  • Time called on compulsory community mental health treatment

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    recent years, when people have been calling for a reduction in coercive practices,” Mr Wano said.   “We also know that more Māori are subject to CCTOs than other populations in Aotearoa. The inequitable use of orders is unacceptable and must be addressed.”   “When mental health

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    experience disproportionately poorer mental health outcomes and are at increased risk of suicide than the general population, the Commission also called for access to appropriate and safe supports for people experiencing mental distress as a result of conversion therapy. Hague urged the Select Committee to

  • Te Huringa Tuarua: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2023

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    Pacific peoples. All services need to urgently address these inequities, and we want to see more by Māori, for Māori approaches, such as kaupapa Māori services There have been substantial increases in medication dispensing, particularly for young people, and this warrants investigation whether

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

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    wellbeing, 32% of 15-year-olds did not feel like they belonged in school and 17% of people reported experiencing discrimination in the last year. “The latest report from the Treasury also points out that the total growth in mental distress across all people in Aotearoa has been borne mainly by young