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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: January 2026

Executive of Te Hiringa Mahara. During 2020, Karen led the establishment of Te Hiringa Mahara as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Karen has held a variety of health management and leadership roles that focus on improving outcomes for people through working

Published: 13 December, 2023

;  The challenges to progress are not confined to the size of the health budget. Having a workforce equipped to handle the challenges across all population groups is a top priority. We are calling for a detailed workforce plan to reduce clinical vacancies, and create a greater role for peer support

Published: 30 June, 2022

, whānau, and commissioners or service providers, where power imbalances are acknowledged and minimised. Culturally safe Supports and services are experienced as safe by tāngata whaiora and whānau from diverse cultures.  Support is provided in ways that respects and values different worldviews and

Published: February 2026

peer support and lived experience workforce in enabling recovery, improving hope and in transforming the landscape of mental health and addiction services. The potential of this workforce is yet to be fully realised.  Key findings in the paper include: The peer support approach and its values are

Published: 21 March, 2024

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

Published: January 2026

realised, they need to feel safe, valued and connected to their communities and their cultures, and they need resources, skills, resilience, hope and purpose for the future. Our He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework brings these together in an aspirational vision of twelve wellbeing outcomes, which

Published: 1 December, 2022

whānau and community support to access health services, food and necessities Whilst the pandemic led to more loneliness amongst older members of the community, kaumātua worked hard to maintain connections with their communities and whānau in a variety of different ways. It is important that our

Published: 29 June, 2023

; 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

Published: February 2026

; Using the dashboard The data is presented in an easy-to-use visual format. For many of the measures, you can dig deeper and look at measures broken down by demographics or other variables.  You can view the dashboard on the webpage (see above) or look at the data in full-screen mode by opening in