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New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford

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Published: 27 September, 2024

Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson announced on 27 September 2024 the Government has appointed Wayne Langford to the Board of Te Hiringa Mahara. This is for a five-year term.

International relationships

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Published: September 2023

Mental health and wellbeing is a global issue and Te Hiringa Mahara connects with commissions and other global entities.

COVID-19 learnings can support communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle

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Published: 22 March, 2023

Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic can help support the mental health and wellbeing of communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Board Chair Hayden Wano receives New Year Honour for services to Māori health

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Published: 4 January, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara congratulates our Board Chair Hayden Wano on being made a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order in the New Year’s Honours List 2023, for his service to Māori health.

Lived experience

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Published: January 2024

We are committed to being a genuine, courageous and effective advocate for communities with lived experience of mental distress and addiction.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission welcomes Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction services

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Published: 20 May, 2022

We commend the Government’s Budget 2022 investment in specialist mental health and addiction, particularly the investment in community-based crisis services, specialist child and adolescent mental health and addiction services, and Kaupapa Māori services.

Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant

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Published: 27 January, 2022

As New Zealand faces community transmission of the Omicron variant, too many people who experience mental distress or addictions remain unvaccinated.

Te Huringa Tuarua: Mental Health and Addiction Service Monitoring Reports 2023

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Published: 31 May, 2023

31 May 2023 - This mental health and addiction service monitoring report is the main report that monitors across the breadth of national-level data. It aims to show what is working well and what isn’t in mental health and addiction services, how this has changed over time, and advocate for improvements.

Covid-19 Insights Series - Supporting wellbeing after a crisis

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Published: 15 March, 2023

March 2023 - Our fifth report in the COVID-19 insights series shows that lessons learned from the pandemic can help support the mental health and wellbeing of communities recovering from other crises, like Cyclone Gabrielle.

Board meetings

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