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  • Kaupapa Māori services report

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    and have higher rates of mental distress than other populations groups, have been advocating for equitable funding for kaupapa Māori services for decades. The proportion of tāngata whaiora Māori accessing Māori specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over the last five-year

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Media reporting of COVID-19

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    has focused on resources, namely access to services, supports and resources Distress and other impacts of the pandemic have frequently been normalised and universalised in media coverage. These are important factors, but this narrow view misses out other factors that we know are important to mental

  • More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services

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    shed light on the challenges faced by Māori communities and emphasizes the urgent need for change.  “We want to see more funding allocation to follow the example set by the new Access and Choice programme. The government has committed to ensuring 20 per cent, or $35.5 million each year by 30 June

  • The Initial Commission reporting

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    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 of

  • Webinar: achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for tāngata whaiora

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    disadvantage in access to the determinants of mental health and wellbeing. This includes: lower household income; fewer social connections; and poorer individual, family and whānau wellbeing. The panel discussed findings from the assessment, approaches to improving wellbeing for whānau Māori, and

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, to "reflect modern approaches to human rights, supported decision-making and informed consent". All people accessing health and disability services have the right to make an informed choice and give informed consent to treatment, to the extent possible with their decision

  • Make a complaint about us

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    contact details in your correspondence so that we can get back to you as quickly as possible. If you are writing to request access to your personal information, please include as much detail as possible to help us locate your records.  Please include 'Privacy Complaint' in the subject line of

  • Reports to the Minister

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    Mahara to the Minister for Mental Health or other Ministers that may be of wider public interest. Releasing information in this way is part of our active commitment to promote good government, be accessible, open and transparent, and foster public trust and confidence in Te Hiringa Mahara and our work

  • Peer mental support role in EDs is a positive move

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    recent years there has been a marginal increase in the size of the peer support workforce (an increase of 64 FTE or 18% between 2018 and 2022) but it still makes up only 3.4% of the wider mental health and addictions workforce.  “The peer support approach and values are critical to transforming

  • Put an end to CCTOs

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    . Why is this important? People in Aotearoa experiencing significant mental distress continue to be subject to coercive practices despite evidence there is no therapeutic value.  Practices like Compulsory Community Treatment Orders or seclusion, are enabled by: outdated mental health law (the Mental