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Published: March 2024

  Watch our first recording in the Te Huringa Tuarua webinar series - 28 September 2023. Find out what changes we want to see happen with Compulsory Community Treatment Orders in Aotearoa New Zealand.  In June of this year, we released a report on lived experiences of Compulsory Community

Published: 27 June, 2023

.    “The conclusions we reached build on earlier reports, including Oranga Tāngata, Oranga Whānau and the Waitangi Tribunal’s Hauora report. The thinking lines up with the new Oranga Hinengaro System and Service Framework issued this year by Manatū Hauora. What we want to see now is

Published: 3 April, 2025

for people seeking help with mild to moderate mental health and addiction needs. The report provides: findings on what was delivered impact on people and the mental health and addiction landscape recommendations for the programme to achieve its objectives Selected key findings from the report on the use

Published: November 2025

rangatahi, primarily through Kaupapa Māori Service Leaders and their services. We emphasise the importance of hearing from rangatahi experiences on what approaches and interventions supports their wellbeing as young Māori.   Māori media   We take proactive and reactive approaches

Published: 30 April, 2026

prevention effectiveness review. We also brought rangatahi and young people together to talk about the importance of co-design, what does and does not work well, and examples of co-design in practice, with learnings for improvement. We know that when rangatahi and young people co-design mental health

Published: April 2026

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. Youth services focus report - Admission of young people to adult inpatient mental health

Published: 13 December, 2023

?   The COVID-19 pandemic, the increasingly severe natural disasters and the cost of living crisis has led to mounting concerns about whether services are readily available.  Mental health is more visible than ever before, and not always for the right reasons.   What we need

Published: 18 August, 2022

Transforming the mental health and addiction system must remain a priority as Aotearoa New Zealand continues to deal with the fallout from the pandemic, writes Karen Orsborn. COVID-19 is one of the most significant societal events many of us will experience in our lives. It is not over yet

Published: March 2024

  Watch our fourth recording in the Te Huringa Tuarua webinar series - 19 October 2023. Learn about the impacts of inequitable investment and what it will take to improve service options for Māori. Ākona ngā tukinga o ngā tōritenga haumi me te huarahi e anga ai tātou ki te whakapai ake i ngā

Published: 6 October, 2022

. The report makes recommendations around wellbeing moving forward, particularly that it be supported by decision-makers and government agencies: listening to and trusting communities to do what’s best; investing in communities and social infrastructure supporting wellbeing; and seeking to better