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Acute options for mental health care insights paper
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, anywhere, and at any time. It provides clear pathways to culturally appropriate assessment, treatment, and social support, in line with people’s needs and preferences. There is an ongoing need to expand acute options to ensure acute mental health services are accessible, acceptable, and effective. This
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Peer support workforce paper 2023
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Our Peer support workforce paper 2023 shows the critical role of the peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised. Key findings in the paper include: 
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system
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, wants to see Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations upheld, investment in kaupapa Māori services, peer services, youth services, and other community-based specialist services. The Commission is also calling for a decrease in compulsory treatment orders and mental health law that does not discriminate on the
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Covid-19 Insights Series - Supporting wellbeing after a crisis
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lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic can help support the mental health and wellbeing of communities recovering from other crises, like Cyclone Gabrielle. The report shows the following: Help provided will need to target people who already experience disadvantage, including people and whānau
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Working paper: Review of suicide and self-harm monitoring indicators downloads
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included in our May 2026 monitoring report. The published data will provide the mental health and wellbeing context for people that we advocate for. As part of our broader influence and advocacy work we will maintain an independent view of the state of suicide and self-harm for people in New Zealand
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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
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Youth services focus report
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Māori services - residential alternatives to hospital based inpatient mental health care and short-term respite care. These services can provide appropriate treatment, and a supportive culture, where young people are safe and have hope for the future. Watch our New Zealand Sign Language summary
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New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford
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active promoting mental health and wellbeing in the rural community for many years. He is a former Board Member and current Advisor for Golden Bay Mental Health Services and Residential Treatment Facility – Te Whare Mahana. From 2022 to 2024 Wayne was a member of the Primary Industry Mental Health and
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More kaupapa Māori services
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, including any new mental health and addictions investment prioritising Kaupapa Māori services. Improved commissioning models that recognise mana motuhake and tino rangatiratanga and enable Māori providers to design, develop and deliver services appropriate to their communities.  
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Work with us
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This is a great time to join us and play a key role in supporting us as we assess and report on progress with system transformation, monitor mental health and addiction services, and advocate for the collective interests of people with lived experience of mental distress and/or addiction. We are