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Published: December 2025

The objective of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in performing its functions and exercising its powers, under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020, is to contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Aotearoa New

Published: 9 April, 2025

On 8 April the NZ Police and Health NZ made a joint announcement about Mental Health Response Changes.  With Phase One complete, the agencies Phase Two will now start from 14 April with both agencies agreeing to a staged implementation across districts. Te Hiringa Mahara has made this

Published: 18 February, 2025

Government and health agencies to accelerate improvement in a range of critical areas. This included a call for Health NZ to develop a mental health and addiction workforce plan to address service capacity and workforce shortages by June 2025. “We will be keeping a close watch on access and will

Published: May 2026

what is working well. Report Crisis response interactive pathways flowchart This interactive flow chart uses national data collection on mental health and addiction specialist services from PRIMHD. It shows pathways of people who are entering mental health and addiction services in crisis and how they

Published: 30 April, 2026

adult services doesn’t meet the needs of young people.”  “Early intervention and secondary prevention are effective, scalable ways to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people, and reduce the need for more intensive services. The challenge now is making sure support is available for

Published: November 2025

agencies and Māori service providers in the improvement of mental health wellbeing for whānau, hapū and iwi, including rangatahi Māori and community. Hauora Māori system leaders The basis of engagement with Hauora Māori system leaders is on Te Arawhiti 's "Whainga Amorangi" and Te Taura Whiri i te

Published: 5 June, 2024

There have been significant changes in access to mental health and addiction over the past five years a monitoring report released today by Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows. The new report, Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey Has Begun , provides the most up-to-date

Published: 24 November, 2022

wellbeing using its Living Standards Framework and its He Ara Waiora wellbeing framework. “As the agency responsible for advising Minsters about the impact of government spending, The Treasury and its Te Tai Waiora report provides us a vital link in understanding the role of policy decisions and

Published: 25 February, 2026

and Pacific adults. Synthesising the health survey data is part the role of Te Hiringa Mahara as  thought leaders in the system for mental health and wellbeing. Downloads Mental health and substance data summary: Key findings from the NZ health Survey 2024/2025 pdf, 3.3 MB Download Mental health and substance data summary: Key findings from the NZ health Survey 2024/2025 docx, 3.8 MB Download

Published: 5 June, 2024

monitoring report Monitoring report summaries, in English and Te Reo Māori Accessible report summaries -  Easy read, Large print, Braille, Audio and NZSL formats are available below. See also: The Voices report : Mental health and addiction service qualitative report 2024: Access and options Read