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The future of primary mental health care
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ResourceA think tank convened by Te Hiringa Mahara created space for ‘blue sky’ thinking about the future role primary and community care can play in supporting people with mental health and substance use needs. To share the outcome of the think tank workshop held in August 2025, we have published a short
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Mental health and addiction service use – what the data shows webinar
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on mental health and addiction services. This report monitors publicly health-funded mental health and addiction services over the five-year period from 2017/18 to 2021/22, using a broad suite of data. In this webinar, we shared selected findings from this report about changes in mental health
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Proactive release policy
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The objective of Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in performing its functions and exercising its powers, under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020, is to contribute to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Aotearoa New
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Strategy to improve mental health outcomes on the way
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Newsspecific element of the new strategy. A concerted and well-planned effort is required to support and grow our mental health and addiction workforces. As enabled by the Bill, Te Hiringa Mahara will be providing independent advice to the Minister for Mental Health on the new mental health and wellbeing
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Pacific people's wellbeing - the path to equitable outcomes webinar
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Newswellbeing, and insights from our engagement with Pacific leaders and communities. There are significant challenges faced by Pacific peoples in Aotearoa to realise their wellbeing, and we highlight what Pacific people told us is important to supporting their mental health and wellbeing. Matt Bloomer
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New prevalence study will provide vital data
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NewsNew Zealand is a step closer to getting accurate information about the level of mental health need in the community. Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health, announced on 26 September that the Government will fund the first Child and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Prevalence survey. This is in
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System performance monitoring
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. The monitoring is based on a shared view of what a transformed mental health and addiction system looks like. Our first system performance monitoring report was published in June 2025 showing a system under immense pressure. The second report was published in June 2026 showing some areas of
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Mental health and addiction system performance monitoring report | 2025 downloads
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ResourceOur first system performance monitoring report presents an approach to monitoring the mental health and addiction system. This report provides a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like through six key system shifts. We present monitoring findings against the shifts
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Unicef report highlights Aotearoa New Zealand's low ranking for child and youth mental health and wellbeing
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NewsGains – Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World . Recent findings from the new UNICEF report show worsening youth mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is not new information but seeing how we measure up internationally clearly tells us that we are simply not doing enough. We
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Effectively addressing rising distress in rangatahi and young people
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Newsadult services doesn’t meet the needs of young people.” “Early intervention and secondary prevention are effective, scalable ways to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people, and reduce the need for more intensive services. The challenge now is making sure support is available for