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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: 24 September, 2021

health facilities. Many facilities are no longer fit for purpose, have outdated design features, and need to be modernised and updated. Hayden Wano says that more inpatient beds is not the answer to meeting people’s wellbeing needs and not what people and communities called for in He Ara Oranga

Published: September 2023

rangatiratanga me te mana motuhake Whakaora, whakatipu kia manawaroa Whakapuāwaitanga me te pae ora Whanaungatanga me te arohatanga Wairuatanga me te manawaroa Tūmanako me te ngākaupai From a shared perspective: Being safe and nurtured Having what is needed Having one’s rights and dignity fully

Published: 1 July, 2021

country's mental health and wellbeing. To develop the He ara Oranga framework, the Inital Commission sought participation from people across Aotearoa including Māori, Pacific people, and people with lived experience of mental health and addiction. Outcomes need to be what truly improves people’s wellbeing

Published: 31 May, 2023

This mental health and addiction service monitoring report is the main report that monitors across the breadth of national-level data. It aims to show what is working well and what isn’t in mental health and addiction services, how this has changed over time, and advocate for improvements. This

Published: 8 December, 2021

and created with people with lived experience of poor wellbeing. It reflects what people say matters to them. Read a short summary of the Te Rau Tira (Wellbeing outcomes report)  Downloads Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report pdf, 9 MB Download Te Rau Tira Wellbeing Outcomes Report docx, 4.2

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: 7 August, 2025

In July 2025 the Commission began operating under a refreshed organisational strategy that sets out how we work and what we will deliver over the next four years. Our approach is documented in our 2025-2029 Statement of Intent and 2025/26 Statement of Performance Expectations, along with a new

Published: January 2026

We are an organisation committed to being 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. Monitoring of Māori and whānau wellbeing

Published: 5 June, 2024

infographic provides an update to this quantitative data one year on – up to June 2023 – to observe what has changed and where further work is needed. We also include some of the findings for Māori from our recent monitoring report Kua Tīmata Te Haerenga | The Journey has Begun. Published: July 2024