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Published: December 2025

This is where you can read and download any additional corporate documents, such as our annual engagement survey summary report. Annual engagement survey summary report As a Commission with a system leadership role we work hard to build and maintain genuine relationships with a range of people and

Published: 11 June, 2025

Our first system performance monitoring report presents an approach to monitoring the mental health and addiction system. This report provides a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like through six key system shifts. We present monitoring findings against the shifts

Published: 23 May, 2024

This report and data infographic bring together insights about Pacific peoples wellbeing using our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework along with engagement with Pacific communities.   The report sets out to describe the factors that contribute to wellbeing. The report comprises an

Published: 21 March, 2024

The announcement today by the Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey that a new mental health and addiction peer support service will be set up in hospital emergency departments is a positive move.   “People who are experiencing mental distress who arrive at an emergency department will

Published: 5 May, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara has produced a series of short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus. Exercising rangatiratanga during the COVID-19 pandemic This report

Published: 5 February, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara is producing a series of short reports during 2022 and 2023 to add our collective understanding of the wellbeing impacts of the pandemic and to provide key insights on wellbeing areas or populations of focus. Impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of rural communities in Aotearoa New

Published: 29 June, 2023

The significant contribution made by peer support workers in the mental health and addiction system is highlighted in a new insights paper released today by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.   The findings of the Peer Support Workforce Insight Paper include calls

Published: 22 March, 2022

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

Published: 4 July, 2024

The announcement of targets to address wait times and workforce pressures across the mental health and addiction system has been welcomed by Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. “Access to appropriate services when and where they are needed is very important to people seeking

Published: 7 May, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is calling on the Government to explicitly recognise and address the mental health and wellbeing impacts climate change is having on New Zealanders, following the release of the Climate Change Commission’s latest report.  Aotearoa New Zealand has experienced significant