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  • Young people experiencing acute mental distress need age-appropriate care

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    Too many young people experiencing acute mental distress are being admitted to adult inpatient mental health services, and this practice needs to stop. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report Te Huringa Tuarua 2023: Youth services focus

  • Te Huringa: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2022

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    Key information Te Huringa 2022 was our first mental health services and addiction services monitoring report. It shows the performance of mental health services and addiction services between 2016-2017 and 2020-2021. The report covers mental health services and addiction services funded by the

  • Our brand story

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    Launching the new commission On Wednesday, 14 April 2021, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission held an event to acknowledge the establishment of the Commission, which officially opened its doors on Wednesday, 9 February 2021. Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health, Hayden Wano, Chair of the

  • Advocacy

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    Our submissions You can find copies of our submission documents available for download here. Webinars Te Hiringa Mahara regularly holds webinars, you can watch them here. Put an end to CCTOs Learn about how we are advocating for change from a coercive to a choice based mental health system. More

  • Webinar: achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora

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    Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar outlining findings from our 2025 Assessment of wellbeing for people who interact with mental health and addiction services .     Webinar - Achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora: what we know, what needs to change recording. The

  • Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support

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    Māori-led initiatives played a key role in protecting the health and wellbeing of communities, supporting connection with individuals and whānau, and sharing information and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing

  • Leadership as a mental wellbeing system enabler report

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    its third year and medium-term set of actions, the health system structural changes settle, and the government considers developing its first Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, this report demonstrates that government must maintain and strengthen lived experience leadership in the system and

  • More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services

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    More investment in kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services is needed to ensure the support available meets the level of mental distress experienced by Māori. Despite funding increases over the past five years more needs to be done to achieve equitable funding. This is a

  • Congratulations to Taimi Allan on new role as SA Mental Health Commissioner

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    well qualified to step into.    Taimi joined the Te Hiringa Mahara board at its inception in February 2021. She has brought deep expertise and connection with lived experience perspectives and a broad knowledge of the mental health and wellbeing system. Taimi has played an active role

  • Kaupapa Māori services report

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    The report provides an overview of investment into kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services, sheds light on the significant disparities faced by Māori in mental health outcomes, and calls for the need for change to address these inequities.  It was released on 27 June 2023. Despite