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Published: 17 September, 2021

. The Bill aims to ban conversion practices, which cover a broad range of practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.  “We know from listening to rainbow communities that discrimination and prejudice against who they are has a

Published: 24 March, 2025

Registrations are open now the for Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa conference 2025. This will be held on 5 November 5th at the
Waipuna Hotel in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland. The focus will be on Waenga mōrearea: He ara oranga : Amidst crisis and distress there are pathways to wellbeing.

Published: 11 June, 2025

The mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report provides a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like through six key system shifts.

Published: June 2025

Data about mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand

Updated 11 June 2025.

Published: 29 October, 2024

Last week we welcomed the unanimous passing of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Improving Mental Health Outcomes) Amendment Bill. This amendment requires that the Minister for Mental Health produce a mental health and wellbeing strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand within 12 months.

Published: 1 October, 2020

We created a framework called He Ara Āwhina, which means pathways to support. He Ara Āwhina was published 30 June 2022 and describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. The process for developing this framework is described on this page.

Published: April 2025

Updated: April 2025

Published: 20 May, 2025

Dr Ella Cullen reflects on our country’s poor ranking in a new report from Unicef that provides critical insight into child wellbeing in the world’s wealthier countries between 2018-2022.

Published: 9 April, 2025

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Published: January 2025

Meet our leadership team.