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

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    use of commissioning approaches that acknowledge the principles of mana motuhake and tino rangatiratanga.”  Focus groups who contributed to the research said they hoped to see more holistic services that span the life course, from the “crib to the tomb”, for tāngata whaiora and their whānau

  • He Ara Āwhina development journey

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    and Pacific communities. People told us: Support starts and continues with people and communities, not services. The former Mental Health Commissioner’s framework was viewed as being too narrow but was something that could be refined and built upon. The voices of Māori and tāngata whaiora are crucial

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    . Alongside traditional inpatient care, there is a wide variety of peer-led, community-based, and Kaupapa Māori approaches we can draw on. Tāngata whaiora (people seeking wellness), have told us that an effective crisis response system has a number of important qualities. They want someone they can call

  • Mental Health Bill

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    -making legislative framework for specialist mental health care. Regarding policy objectives, we welcome the Bill’s express purposes, principles underpinning limited use of “compulsory care”, and recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. These important changes will partially address policy problems of

  • Young people are missing out on access to mental health services

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    people, including young people, however it is still falling short of the aim of 325,000 per year,” Ms Orsborn said. Editor’s note - summary of key findings More people were able to access services overall 183,356 people used specialist services in 2024/2025, an increase of 6,072 (3.4% increase) compared

  • Home

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    addiction, and advocating for their needs and aspirations. Learn more about us   Access to mental health and addiction services data summary The 2026 Mental health and addiction services access data summary provides updated information on the number of people using services, wait times

  • Holding a mirror up to the mental health and addiction system

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    Mental Health and Addiction (He Ara Oranga Report). The new report describes progress using data taken from a variety of sources. This first report is an initial step assessing performance and will be further refined in coming years. We will continue monitoring system performance and recommend

  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    accessing specialist mental health and addiction services has decreased over a five-year time frame. In 2022/23, 3.4% of the population accessed a specialist service, a decrease from 3.8% in 2018/19. This is a drop of 9,000 people using these services. Of those seeking specialist support the decrease for

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    addiction services are stretched, and staff often don't have the time or options to work with people and whānau to find safe and mutually agreeable solutions to distress before it becomes acute. Incorporating skilled peer workers and using evidence-based alternatives to coercion like the Six Core

  • Guide to language in He Ara Āwhina

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    The most important terms in He Ara Āwhina are explained here, along with complex terms that are not ‘everyday language’. We have also included words that people told us needed more explanation during our public consultation on the draft He Ara Āwhina framework. Where we have made use of other