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Published: July 2024

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Published: 1 October, 2020

mental health services and addiction services, what we should include in our monitoring approach, and how we should go about our monitoring work. Ninety-seven individuals and groups gave feedback through a discussion document, at lived experience focus groups, as well as hui and talanoa with Māori

Published: 10 July, 2025

disadvantage in access to the determinants of mental health and wellbeing. This includes: lower household income; fewer social connections; and poorer individual, family and whānau wellbeing. The panel discussed findings from the assessment, approaches to improving wellbeing for whānau Māori, and

Published: 3 April, 2025

Access and Choice services by Māori are included in a Kaupapa Māori primary mental health and addiction services infographic. In addition, a literature scan that explores approaches to primary mental health care in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally has also been published. Access and Choice

Published: 11 June, 2025

-year mark of He Ara Oranga in 2028. What we have developed shows how we can get there.  However, it must now be acted on.” The new system performance monitoring approach complements the Commission’s existing service and wellbeing outcomes monitoring. In developing the six shifts we weighed up the

Published: 3 April, 2025

At the five- year mark, the Access and Choice Programme has proved to be a valuable addition to the mental health, addiction and wellbeing support services available to people throughout the country.

Published: 5 June, 2024

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Published: 13 December, 2023

annual report available for download.    A big emphasis in the last year has been on solidifying our monitoring approach and laying the foundation for our advocacy. We published Te Huringa Tuarua, a detailed report on services, along with four insights papers exploring youth services

Published: 28 October, 2021

wellbeing systems in Aotearoa,” says Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Board chair Hayden Wano. “Our role is to be the eyes and ears of the people of New Zealand, amplifying the voices of our communities. We bring focus to areas where meaningful action can be taken. Appropriate access to and choice

Published: 13 December, 2023

support. A spectrum of age-appropriate services for rangatahi and young people needs to be available to anyone regardless of where they live in Aotearoa.    We welcome services being agile and innovative to better meet the needs of diverse communities. One of the promising things we’re