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  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    have no therapeutic value, and called for investment that will provide the choice of services needed to enhance safety for all. Karen Orsborn: Time to end coercive practices in mental health care OPINION: People in Aotearoa New Zealand experiencing significant mental distress continue to be subject

  • More action needed to address mental health and addiction service challenges

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    for action to address the challenges faced by mental health and addiction services. It shows that fewer people have used specialist services, primary mental health initiatives, telehealth and online services than in the previous year. As a result of substantial investment, people are accessing new

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    February 2025 shows the number of people using specialist mental health and addiction services continues to decrease. In 2023/24, there were 176,261 people who used specialist services. This is over 3,000 fewer people than in 2022/23 (179,472 people) and over 16,000 fewer people than 2020/21. Detail

  • Have your say

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    Māori and people with lived experience of mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm or addiction in all that we do, as outlined in our Lived Experience Position Statement . Your views are important to us, and we encourage you to have your say to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for

  • Annual Report 2022/23 highlights

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    on policy proposals and bills, such as the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill, Therapeutic Products Bill and Manatū Hauora policy proposal to repeal and replace the Mental Health Act.   We generated good coverage of the issues we’re working on in a variety of media outlets. Over the

  • Infographic - assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    people against the He Ara Āwhina framework. We intend for this information to be used to inform policy and system responses to promote mental health and wellbeing for young people and rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa, New Zealand. As well as viewing on this page, you can download in these formats: Full

  • Lived experience

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    mental health and wellbeing Find out what we're doing to amplify the voices of people with lived experience. We are committed to being a genuine, courageous and effective advocate for communities with lived experience of mental distress and addiction. This includes people and groups who have their

  • Commission will provide system oversight of new mental wellbeing long-term pathway

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    benchmark from which we can monitor progress," says Board Chair, Hayden Wano. "We believe in a future where mental wellbeing is attainable for everyone and support the call from Mā te rongo ake to take a whole-systems approach to transformation. Through values-based leadership, working collaboratively

  • Key mental health and addiction findings: NZ Health Survey 2023/24

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    We’ve put the key mental health and addiction findings from the NZ Health Survey 2023/2024 into one, easy to read summary. We intend for this information to be used as evidence to support planning and investment, and to direct resources where they are most needed to improve mental health and

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    Taranaki Retreat put it “A supportive relationship is formed, in which the safety valve of a listener to both reflect and turn to, is available to them to make positive steps for change.” When power is shared with tāngata whaiora so is the accountability for their choices. Tāngata whaiora from the