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Published: 25 February, 2026

This new data summary provides updated data on access and trends for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand. In most cases, the summary reports on data over the five-year period to June 2025.    We present measures from across the Access and Options domain of our He

Published: February 2026

Download the report and infographic Get a copy of the Budget 2019 to Budget 2022 investment in mental health and addiction report. This Budget 2019 to Budget 2022 investment in mental health and addiction report focuses on where key mental health and addiction investments have been spent as of 30

Published: January 2026

This report and infographic on the state of wellbeing, and priorities to support greater wellbeing for Pacific peoples in Aotearoa, was published in May 2024. Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services infographic This quantitative assessment of mental health and wellbeing

Published: 3 April, 2025

people seeking help with mild to moderate mental health and addiction needs. The report provides: findings on what was delivered impact on people and the mental health and addiction landscape recommendations for the programme to achieve its objectives Selected key findings from the report on the use of

Published: 1 November, 2022

, video, online survey forms, and online meetings to ensure the framework and six-week consultation process was accessible as possible to everyone, especially our priority population groups. During our public consultation process we received over 260 submissions across all priority population groups

Published: April 2026

: Our approach and initial findings report was released in June 2025. Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report This report focuses on crisis responses over a five-year period, from January 2020 to December 2024. Access and choice Our independent reports on the Access and Choice Programme

Published: February 2026

about many aspects of Aotearoa New Zealand’s mental health and addiction system. Service monitoring data summaries | May 2025 Two new data summaries provide updated data on access and trends for mental health and addiction services, with the second one focused on addiction specialist services

Published: 27 June, 2023

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

Published: 5 March, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar with an expert panel discussion on the Police and Health NZ change programme to responding to mental health crisis events. This webinar was the first in a three-part series on improving crisis responses in Aotearoa New Zealand.  The panel included lived

Published: January 2026

Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992),  a lack of understanding about the expertise of people to manage their own distress, and  a lack of safe, accessible community-based options for acute care and crisis support.  Read our submission on the Mental Health Bill , which seeks