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  • Pathway for peer support to transform the mental health and addiction workforce webinar

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    together and synthesises evidence from academic research, New Zealand data, and the voices of people with lived experience on the value of the peer support workforce in mental health and alcohol and drug services. While the peer support workforce in Aotearoa is growing, it remains a small proportion of our

  • Peer support workforce paper 2023

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    ; The peer support approach and values are critical to transforming models of care and addressing wider workforce shortages. There is huge potential for further development of the Māori lived experience workforce, who bring a Te Ao Māori perspective, which incorporates mātauranga Māori, tikanga, and

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    A narrow focus on mental health may prevent us from understanding the broader wellbeing impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa, Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission - has found in its first report on the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing. “For people to flourish and experience

  • Understanding wellbeing for rangatahi and young people webinar

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    . Jessica Stubbing, Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist, Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, discusses the importance of youth voice for improving our understanding of young people’s wellbeing. Ta’ase Vaoga (Sāmoa, Ngāpuhi, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi), Rangatahi Insights Lead, Te Rourou, One

  • Access and Choice programme

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    years Read our Supplementary paper: Access and Choice Programme workforce development funding – the first three years Our independent reports on the Access and Choice programme monitor progress on improving access and choice for mental health and addiction services in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Access

  • 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

  • New board member announcement - welcome Wayne Langford

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    Te Hiringa Mahara has been governed by an active board since being formed in February 2021. On 27 September 2024 Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, and Mark Patterson, Minister for Rural Communities, jointly announced the appointment of Wayne Langford as a new board member. Wayne has been

  • Strategy on a page

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    mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all people in Aotearoa. Our 2025-29 strategy responded describes three key shifts; we will have a much clearer focus on people with lived experience of mental distress or addiction through our work. We will utilise knowledge and insights to promote alignment

  • 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

  • Meet our Lived Experience Advisors

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    Experience at the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. She is an enthusiastic advocate of the restorative power of being ourselves and has a passion for peer support and the power of lived experience to drive transformation. She joined the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in 2024 and has held