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Published: January 2026

  Māori, who make up 17% of the population and have higher rates of mental distress than other population groups, have been advocating for equitable funding for Kaupapa Māori services for decades.   What needs to change? We want to see: Equitable investment in Kaupapa Māori services

Published: January 2026

We commit to being an organisation grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We have made a strong commitment to achieving better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and whānau. This is front and centre of who we are and what we do. Te Tauākī ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Te Tiriti o

Published: 9 April, 2025

move ahead when they are ready. In areas where improvements can be introduced now, there is the opportunity for people in need to be better supported by a health response. People need to have confidence in the plans and implementation approach.  It is important that NZ Police and HealthNZ Te Whatu

Published: February 2026

system performance monitoring report | June 2025 This report provides a shared view of what a good mental health and addiction system looks like, offering six key system shifts to drive real change and deliver better outcomes. He Ara Āwhina dashboard update | June 2025 This dashboard pulls together data

Published: 7 August, 2025

and what we will deliver.  We held an an office hours session with our Board chair Hayden Wano, and Chief Executive, Karen Orsborn. The lunch-time session was a chance to hear about the refreshed organisational strategy, and priorities for the coming years. We answered as many as we could get through at the time. Find out more about our refreshed strategy Date: 1pm Wednesday 20 August 2025.

Published: 3 April, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara hosted a webinar outlining key findings from our report on the implementation of Access and Choice programme at five years. This was held on 16 April 2025.

Published: 5 June, 2024

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Published: January 2024

Learn more about the work we do at Te Hiringa Mahara.

Published: 4 November, 2025

people live in Aotearoa New Zealand.    A blueprint is required to ensure that a nationally cohesive approach to crisis response is developed by June 2027. This should build on what is already working and new initiatives underway in parts of Aotearoa New Zealand that can be scaled up nationwide. In

Published: 10 July, 2023

Orders report documents how tāngata whaiora, whānau and family, and Māori feel marginalised in processes that determine what treatment they receive.  “The use of compulsory community treatment orders is a practice from mental health that is out of step with human rights and current approaches to