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Published: 12 September, 2023

as three focus reports on kaupapa Māori services, lived experience of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders and admission of young people to adult inpatient services. We also released a report on the peer support workforce. In our webinar series, we focused on: Lived experiences of Compulsory

Published: 16 February, 2024

to youth mental health and addiction services so no matter where people live or what their ethnicity or gender is, people can get the help they need.  “We know that Māori, rainbow young people, and young people in state care have higher rates of distress yet can’t always get access to the care

Published: 5 March, 2025

Health and Addiction, Heath NZ Te Whatu Ora Inspector Matthew (Matt) Morris, Police Mental Health Response Change Programme lead, NZ Police Kerri Butler, Lived Experience, Take Notice The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member.  The webinar included a 30-minute

Published: June 2026

. 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

Published: 30 April, 2026

  Te Hiringa Mahara is kicking off Youth Week 2026 with a webinar focusing on the power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health.  The ‘Power of co-design for rangatahi and youth mental health’ webinar presented the key findings from our early intervention and secondary

Published: 1 October, 2020

mental health services and addiction services, what we should include in our monitoring approach, and how we should go about our monitoring work. Ninety-seven individuals and groups gave feedback through a discussion document, at lived experience focus groups, as well as hui and talanoa with Māori

Published: 15 December, 2025

for a 2026 conference. TheMHS and Te Hiringa Mahara are working in partnership to run Hauora hinengaro: He ara tūroa as an annual event.   For TheMHS executive director Peter Gianfrancesco, this is about more than a conference.  “What we do, and what we have been doing for thirty

Published: 1 June, 2021

Once the He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework was drafted, the next step was to find what data were available to measure and monitor the performance of the mental health and wellbeing system. In the data phase, the Initial Commission looked at how they could use information collected from

Published: 4 November, 2025

, Director, Take Notice Dr Leeanne Fisher, National Chief Mental Health and Addiction, Heath New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora The session was chaired by Dr Barbara Disley, Te Hiringa Mahara board member. This webinar was the third in a series we have run covering the Commission's work programme examining

Published: November 2025

within the sector and our government partner agencies in paving pathways for strong relationships. Iwi ahi kā Te Hiringa Mahara have prioritised a relationship focus approach with local iwi in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. This region is one of the 35 iwi groups that consists of the following iwi, according to