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  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    co-response teams involving paramedics, mental health clinicians, peers and police staff. Over the past 10 years, such services have demonstrated that they can support people safely, and that people's levels of distress decrease when they are aided by people with lived experience who are trained in

  • Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa: Mental Health: An enduring pathway conference 2025

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    SAVE THE DATE!
    5 November 2025
    Waipuna Hotel, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland

  • Pushing ahead with Phase two of the Health NZ and Police mental health response changes

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    On 8 April the NZ Police and Health NZ made a joint announcement about Mental Health Response Changes.  With Phase One complete, the agencies Phase Two will now start from 14 April with both agencies agreeing to a staged implementation across districts. Te Hiringa Mahara has made this

  • Leadership

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    Our leadership team provides strategic guidance for Te Hiringa Mahara. The team includes Chief Executive, Karen Orsborn, and four directors who are responsible for our core workstreams.  Karen Orsborn, Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Karen is the Chief Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. During

  • Governance

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    and adult addiction services; child, youth, and family custody; and the youth and adult justice systems and corrections processes. Alexander has been working in the mental health and addiction sector since 2009. He graduated with a Master of Health Practice Honours degree in 2021. He is currently

  • Our submissions

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    2024 pdf, 394 KB Download Review of Adult Decision-Making Capacity Law submission, June 2024 pdf, 339 KB Download Modernising the 2028 Census consultation submission, June 2024 pdf, 138 KB Download Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Improving Mental Health Outcomes) Amendment Bill submission pdf, 175 KB

  • Official Information Act requests

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    incidences of Police taser use on inpatients Date published:  16 August 2023 Response date:  16 May 2023 View/download PDF: MHWC2023-001-OIA for information on identified incidences of Police taser use on inpatients [PDF, 189 KB] Brand information Date published:  7 August

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    There is huge potential for more peer-led, community-based and Kaupapa Māori, services to support people experiencing acute distress. This article summaries findings form our Acute options for mental health care insights paper, published in August 2024.

  • Mental Health Bill

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    effectively exercise their authority alongside responsible practitioners. In our view, a reformed approach that enacts collaborative decision-making authority and responsibility under the Act will support practice shift and lead to outcomes that respect people’s rights, will and preferences, to make

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    - Admission of young people to adult inpatient mental health services | Pūrongo arotahi ratonga taiohi - Te whakauru i ngā taiohi ki ngā ratonga hauora hinengaro pakeke ā-hōhipera - 17 May 2023 This report is the first of a series of monitoring reports that Te Hiringa Mahara is publishing in 2023. It