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  • He Ara Āwhina framework

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    published 30 June 2022 and describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. This will be used to assess, monitor, and advocate for improvements to the mental health and addiction system of Aotearoa, including services. He Ara Āwhina amplifies the most important voices – tāngata

  • Commission will provide system oversight of new mental wellbeing long-term pathway

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    Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes release of Kia Manawanui as we lead our agenda to support transformation The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes today’s release of  Kia Manawanui Aotearoa , the government’s long-term pathway to mental wellbeing, by Minister of

  • Make a complaint about us

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    .  Complaint to privacy commissioner or ombudsman  If you are not satisfied with our response or the way we handled your complaint, you have the right to make a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner or the Ombudsman, depending on the nature of your complaint.   More information on the process for lodging a complaint can be found on the Office of the Ombudsman's website or the Privacy Commissioner's website .  

  • Karen Orsborn appointed as Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Chief Executive

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    difference through small actions every day. One of the challenges we have, as a Commission and a mental health and wellbeing sector, is to balance long-term transformation with meeting critical needs for support and services right now, particularly for our children and young people,” says Karen Orsborn

  • New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?

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    vitally important we continue to learn from people with first-hand experience of the Mental Health Act 1992. Their insights, ideas and approaches have potential to move us forward on pathways that are rights-based and offer safe alternatives to the use of coercive practices – they can guide both the

  • Top priorities for New Zealand's first Minister for Mental Health

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    ?   The COVID-19 pandemic, the increasingly severe natural disasters and the cost of living crisis has led to mounting concerns about whether services are readily available.  Mental health is more visible than ever before, and not always for the right reasons.   What we need

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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     approaches, giving NGOs, iwi, and other organisations the freedom to support their communities in the way that works best for them. Having access to the right kinds of support that work for different populations will be important to maintaining and improving wellbeing. Beyond improving access

  • Mental Health Bill

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    the Mental Health Bill, introduced into Parliament in October 2024. Download and read our full submission on the Mental Health Bill (2024) (PDF 284KB)       Summary of our submission on the Mental Health Bill This Mental Health Bill is a step in the right direction to update the Mental

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    skills at the time. Our current mental health law overrides that right and discriminates on the basis of disability, breaching our country's obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It's important to acknowledge that mental health and addiction services

  • Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    with 15 to 24-year-olds present that said their income was enough or more than enough to meet their everyday needs HES Having one’s rights and dignity fully realised The proportion of 15 to 24-year-olds who report experience of discrimination in the last year GSS Healing, growth and being resilient