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Published: December 2025

;  To understand how effective our engagement and communications is, we are committed to regularly seeking feedback from stakeholders. We collect feedback on the quality of our work, our impact, the issues we focus on, representation of lived experience voices in our work, and how we measure up

Published: 11 June, 2025

mental health and addiction system to realise the vision set out in He Ara Oranga. All six shifts are grounded in the experience of people with living and lived experience of mental distress and addictions. The shifts call for a mental health and addiction system that: Realises the potential of

Published: 3 April, 2025

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Published: July 2024

wellbeing for rangatahi Māori are: Outcome concept Indicator Source Tino rangatiratanga me te mana motuhake The proportion of Māori students enrolled in kura kaupapa Māori The proportion of Māori 15 to 24-year-olds who think spirituality is quite or very important The proportion of Māori 15 to 24-year

Published: 27 June, 2024

More evidence of the state of New Zealand youth mental health — Youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services assessment — has been released today and shows that while most youth and rangatahi are doing well, there is a steady decline in youth wellbeing in comparison to older age groups more

Published: 10 March, 2026

anxiety and distress felt by younger generations primarily to social media use lacks a wider view, critical lens that we need to identify and implement effective solutions. Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for a multi-pronged, harm reduction approach to addressing online harms. We are concerned that

Published: 1 June, 2021

complete a stocktake of all data sources that had a link to the wellbeing outcomes in the He Ara Oranga framework. After the stocktake, the Initial Commission identified possible population level indicators and measures for tāngata whai ora (people with lived experience of mental distress and / or

Published: 3 April, 2025

substantially increased access to support, however efforts to reach the aim of 325,000 people accessing services needs to be intensified.  Our expert panel discussed their experiences with the programme from the perspectives of lived experience, Kaupapa Māori services, and the workforce. &nbsp

Published: April 2026

that ensures information systems are integrated and enables collection of quality and timely data. Government commits to funding a planned programme of work to collect mental health and addiction prevalence data by June 2025, to enable improved services and ensure value for money.  The report

Published: 4 November, 2025

, Director, Take Notice Dr Leeanne Fisher, National Chief Mental Health and Addiction, Heath New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member. This webinar was the third in a series we have run covering the Commission's work programme examining