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  • Report signals progress of Government’s response to He Ara Oranga, the inquiry into mental health and addiction

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    brave and bold shift in culture and new ways of working together.” Findings on four priority areas are: Establishing the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is being established, which sends the right signals and provides someone to guide the system. People

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    A narrow focus on mental health may prevent us from understanding the broader wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - has found in its first report on the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. “For people to flourish and experience

  • Unicef report highlights Aotearoa New Zealand's low ranking for child and youth mental health and wellbeing

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    Prevention Action Plan .   Work underway to understand the prevalence of mental health needs for children and youth is a good start to designing more effective services. Our 2024 mental health and addiction service monitoring report showed that investment in services for children and young

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

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    The most important terms in He Ara Āwhina are explained here, along with complex terms that are not ‘everyday language’. We have also included words that people told us needed more explanation during our public consultation on the draft He Ara Āwhina framework. Where we have made use of other

  • System performance monitoring report - June 2025

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    Ara Oranga. The six key shifts move us toward an ideal mental health and addiction system that realises lived experience leadership, prioritises highest need, takes a prevention and early intervention approach, provides accessible and effective services and outcomes, upholds human rights, and is

  • Pushing ahead with Phase two of the Health NZ and Police mental health response changes

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    statement in response to planned changes. People in acute mental health distress need access to the services and help they need in a timely way. Strengthening the health led crisis responses is the right direction to head. We are keeping a close eye on the implementation of changes being made by NZ

  • Mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report | 2025 downloads

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    Our first system performance monitoring report presents an approach to monitoring the mental health and addiction system. This report provides a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like through six key system shifts. We present monitoring findings against the shifts

  • Abuse in care report recognises life-long trauma

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    documenting the harms that have impacted the lives of thousands of New Zealanders, but to also recognise and understand the subsequent trauma and distress that people live with as a result.   We acknowledge the pain, loss and anger of those who contributed their voices to this inquiry and

  • Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package

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    used. The right workforce and staffing levels are also key to ensuring that inpatient facilities can optimise the number of acute beds available at any given time.  “Inpatient facilities are only part of the equation. As a nation, we need to keep having the wider

  • Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system

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    , respect for human rights, along with achieving both equitable access and outcomes from services to name a few”.  “What we need to see is improvement toward these shifts across the whole system. We are calling for an acceleration of collective efforts with the whole sector working towards the