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Published: 25 June, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara's wellbeing assessment reveals people who interact with mental health and addiction services face significantly greater barriers to wellbeing across economic, social and cultural indicators compared to the general population.

Published: July 2025

Our 2025 wellbeing assessment provides the first comprehensive comparison of wellbeing outcomes for people who interact with mental health and addiction services against the general population. Using administrative data from 2018-2022, this assessment reveals the extent of inequities experienced by people with lived experience of mental distress and addiction.

Published: June 2025

Data about mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand

Updated 11 June 2025.

Published: 20 May, 2025

Dr Ella Cullen reflects on our country’s poor ranking in a new report from Unicef that provides critical insight into child wellbeing in the world’s wealthier countries between 2018-2022.

Published: January 2025

Meet our leadership team.

Published: 4 July, 2024

The announcement of targets to address wait times and workforce pressures across the mental health and addiction system has been welcomed by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.

Published: 13 December, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn shares highlights from our 2022-23 annual report.

Published: 30 June, 2022

The most important terms in He Ara Āwhina are explained here, along with complex terms that are not ‘everyday language’.

Published: 13 December, 2023

New Zealand’s first Minister of Mental Health, Matt Doocey, has a big job ahead of him. Hayden Wano Chair of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission outlines top priorities to transform our mental health and addiction system.

Published: 16 June, 2022

In early June we provided an article on coercive practices to the New Zealand Herald for consideration as part of its Great Minds campaign on mental health.