Search

Published: January 2026

  The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today. More needs to be done to support rangatahi Māori and young peoples’ mental health and wellbeing. What are we advocating for? Rangatahi Māori and young people must

Published: August 2025

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

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

Published: 23 July, 2024

wellbeing, 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

Published: 23 May, 2024

is one solution to addressing the gap between mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Pacific peoples in comparison to the rest of Aotearoa. “Holistic on-the-ground support is what makes the difference for Pacific families – we need to make it easier for people to access a range of services from

Published: 11 May, 2023

Māori-led initiatives played a key role in protecting the health and wellbeing of communities, supporting connection with individuals and whānau, and sharing information and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing

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: 8 December, 2021

or community experiences positive wellbeing, they are generally engaged with society and have good quality of life and mental health. For those experiencing negative wellbeing, the reverse is often true. Our report shows that while a substantial majority are in a positive space, too many people and

Published: 15 December, 2025

accountable for change. One way we do this is through publishing monitoring reports and recommendations, assessing progress on the recommendations we make, and sharing this information with the public. We released our first 5-year monitoring report Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey has Begun in

Published: November 2025

from Pacific leaders what potential solutions they see to realise the ‘Pacific dream’, to strengthen wellbeing in a meaningful way, and to achieve greater intergenerational wellbeing. Action is needed to support wellbeing and realise the potential and ambitions of Pacific communities, with a