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Published: 14 June, 2021

from 1 July after leading the Commission’s establishment efforts as Acting Chief Executive since it opened in February. Throughout 2020, she also led the early set-up phase as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (Initial Commission). “It’s with great pleasure I

Published: 20 May, 2025

also showed that New Zealand's persistently high youth suicide rates reflect patterns of inequalities in the broader determinants of mental health. There is no simple panacea to fix this but rather sustained investment over the long term. It will take cross-party support, and cross-agency and cross

Published: November 2025

covers our second full year of operation from 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023, is available to download. We are pleased to share the progress that we have made over the last year. We have worked to our mandate, delivered insights on issues for mental health and wellbeing that are important to people and

Published: July 2024

2018 GSS). The 2021 GSS sample was representative of geographic areas and demographic groups, so results are not thought to be biased. TK was lst conducted in 2018. Data from the from the GSS, TK and HES are not official statistics. They have been created for research purposes from the IDI which is

Published: January 2026

with people and communities. Previously, Karen was Director Health Quality Improvement and Deputy Chief Executive at the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC). In this role she led national patient safety and quality improvement programmes across public and private hospitals, primary and

Published: 23 October, 2024

Government recently announced that six new Crisis Recovery Cafés will be rolled out around the country over the next two years. The benefits of this type of care model are examined in our recently released insights paper on acute options for mental health care. Our Lived Experience team prepared

Published: 8 December, 2021

We released Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report 2021 on 8 December 2021. Te Rau Tira introduces our vision to improve wellbeing for communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our report measures wellbeing through our He Ara Oranga Wellbeing Outcomes Framework , which was developed alongside communities

Published: 13 December, 2023

last year we had interviews in national media such as TVNZ Breakfast, Radio Waatea and RNZ Morning Report through to specialist outlets including rural, iwi and Pasifika media.   During the year we met with kindred agencies in Australia as a member of the Australasian Joint Mental Health

Published: February 2026

June 2023. We answer the question: ‘Where has the funding gone?’ In 2019, in response to the report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction (He Ara Oranga) , the Government invested over $1.9 billion into mental health and wellbeing as part of the landmark 2019 Wellbeing Budget

Published: 28 August, 2024

Government’s priority Taking mental health seriously   was allocated to each initiative and the expenditure on each of those initiatives for the four years from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2023. It describes each initiative in terms of what it set out to achieve and its status as of 30 June 2023. The report