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Published: 29 August, 2023

and Treatment) Act 1992 Expanding access and choice to existing primary mental health and addiction services for people with mild to moderate mental health and addictions needs. Read and download the interim report: Downloads Upholding the Wero laid in He Ara Oranga pdf, 4.3 MB Download One-page summary

Published: February 2026

Download the report Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report | 2025 downloads Download Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report. Report Watch our webinars Improving crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand webinar Watch the recording of a webinar providing an overview of

Published: 25 February, 2026

Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for increased urgency to improve access to specialist mental health and addiction services for young people after new analysis shows a continued reduction in the number of young people accessing services.   Despite 15-to-24 year-olds reporting increasing levels of

Published: 13 December, 2023

Te Hiringa Mahara Chief Executive Karen Orsborn shares highlights from our 2022-23 Annual Report. In our second full year we have ramped up our efforts as kaitiaki of mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa. In this short note I am sharing some of the highlights from the 2022-23 year, with our full

Published: 30 June, 2022

This includes physical, spiritual, cultural, emotional, and social safety. These different types of safety are equal, connected and work together. Identity Who you are, the way you think about yourself, the way you are viewed by the world and the characteristics that define you (Davy, 2019

Published: January 2026

since its inception and currently chairs the Board of Te Whare Tukutuku, a Te Rau Ora initiative developing whanau-led programmes to reduce drug harm.  He has played a significant role in informing the education and training of the workforces working in the addiction treatment sector.  He

Published: January 2026

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Published: January 2026

think we were wrong or have caused harm communicate in a way that is easy to understand be fair and act with integrity. How long will it take? We will endeavour to resolve your complaint as soon as possible, and no later than 20 working days after we receive it. In some cases getting the right

Published: January 2026

needed. Wellbeing data is sourced from the General Social Survey (GSS), Te Kupenga (TK), the Household Economic Survey (HES), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Ministry of Education administrative data (MoE) using datasets from 2018 – 2024. Data used for the assessment

Published: 7 August, 2025

In July 2025 the Commission began operating under a refreshed organisational strategy that sets out how we work and what we will deliver over the next four years. Our approach is documented in our 2025-2029 Statement of Intent and 2025/26 Statement of Performance Expectations, along with a new