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Published: August 2025

us to inform our monitoring, and we talk to people with lived experience when we monitor wellbeing and when we monitor what is happening in the mental health and addiction system Value and utilise lived experience by drawing on lived expertise by drawing on lived experience wisdom. Research

Published: 5 June, 2024

asking for help, discrimination, or a lack of suitable options. We have also heard good stories, such as of people getting the support they needed, and the value of being active participants in their own care or with their whānau and family. This report captures this and more. The hard-working mental

Published: 1 May, 2023

some Government and community responses were valuable, but more should be done to empower communities, provide a range of safe accessible supports, and monitor and research family and sexual violence. To help members of some of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities stay safe and secure in the face of

Published: 13 December, 2022

positioned in media as vulnerable and less adaptable.  “Older people have contributed greatly through the pandemic, often coping, thriving, and supporting others. Kaumātua worked hard to maintain connections with their communities and whānau in a variety of different ways.” “Kaumātua were at the

Published: 20 May, 2025

principles. We acknowledge the Committee’s work to achieve agreement on the proposed changes. Their efforts and engagement with complex issues in mental health law and practice, weighing up different perspectives and values, are a sign of democracy at work. At the same time, significant issues

Published: 10 March, 2026

media, this idea is quickly being implemented in many countries. A similar ban is now being considered here in Aotearoa New Zealand - without a lot of evidence of its effectiveness to back this action. So what can be done to make online life safer? It's inescapable that young people live in an online

Published: 25 March, 2026

Following the release of the Government’s latest targets data this morning, Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is renewing its calls for increased urgency to improve access to services for young people. “While we are encouraged by workforce growth and acknowledge the

Published: 3 April, 2025

  At the five- year mark, the Access and Choice Programme has proved to be a valuable addition to the mental health, addiction and wellbeing support services available to people throughout the country. Today Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission released a report that

Published: November 2025

on the determinants of mental wellbeing, prioritising people with high and unmet needs. At the same time, invest in the future to: 4.    Make destigmatisation training and education on the role and value of lived experience widely available for the health workforce and other agencies

Published: 30 June, 2022

About the framework We have created a framework called  He Ara Āwhina , which means pathways to support. He Ara Āwhina describes what an ideal mental health and addiction system looks like. This will be used to assess, monitor, and advocate for improvements to the mental health and