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Published: 21 March, 2024

recent years there has been a marginal increase in the size of the peer support workforce (an increase of 64 FTE or 18% between 2018 and 2022) but it still makes up only 3.4% of the wider mental health and addictions workforce.  “The peer support approach and values are critical to transforming

Published: 29 June, 2023

2023 - Our Peer support workforce paper shows the critical role of the peer workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services.

Published: 31 May, 2023

chosen to support the report’s key findings. Read and download the Mental health and addiction service monitoring report Downloads Te Huringa 2023 - Summary report pdf, 11 MB Download Te Huringa 2023 - Summary report docx, 3.7 MB Download Te Huringa 2023 - Overall summary pdf, 103 KB Download Te Huringa

Published: 5 June, 2024

accessing specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over a five-year time frame. In 2022/23, 3.4% of the population accessed a specialist service, a decrease from 3.8% in 2018/19. This is a drop of 9,000 people using these services. Of those seeking specialist support the decrease for

Published: 29 August, 2023

The Initial Commission produced three reports between 2021 and 2020; Mā Te Rongo Ake / Through Listening and Hearing, the Thematic Analysis and He Ara Oranga - Mānuka Takoto, Kawea Ake / Upholding the Wero Laid in He Ara Oranga.

Published: 30 November, 2022

: Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years [PDF, 311 KB] Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years [DOCX, 496 KB] Read and download our Access and Choice Programme: Report on the first

Published: November 2025

]  Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE) Statement of Performance Expectations 2025 - 2026 This Statement of Performance Expectations sets out our work programme for the period 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026. It provides a one–year view of what we will deliver, how we will give effect to the

Published: February 2026

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Published: 22 March, 2022

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 public health system.

Published: 18 February, 2025

Data released today by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission shows that fewer people accessed specialist mental health and addiction services in the year from July 2023 to June 2024 than in previous years. Recently available data shows a decrease of over 3,000 fewer people than