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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: 27 June, 2024

Hiringa Mahara. Addressing the underlying causes behind poorer mental health for youth is an urgent priority. For example, households with young people residing in them are less likely to have enough income to meet everyday needs than households without young people present. What is clear from the

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: April 2026

commitment to ground our work in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and whānau. This is front and centre of who we are and what we do.  We are committed to prioritising the voices of people who experience mental distress, substance harm, gambling harm or

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: September 2023

are feeling, there is someone to talk to and free help is available. People are here for you if you just want to seek advice around how to support people that you’re worried about. Whatever support you’re looking for, there is a variety of online tools and helplines. If it is an emergency situation

Published: 11 June, 2025

, respect for human rights, along with achieving both equitable access and outcomes from services to name a few”.  “What we need to see is improvement toward these shifts across the whole system. We are calling for an acceleration of collective efforts with the whole sector working towards the

Published: 5 June, 2024

complex cases. For example, vacancies rates sit at 22% for psychologists and 19% for psychiatrists. “What we’re seeing is that under-pressure services have constraints on how many people they can see, with some people not meeting the threshold to access specialist services. Some people can get

Published: 4 November, 2025

Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission held a webinar on what's needed to improve crisis responses across Aotearoa New Zealand on Monday 1 December 2025.     This hour-long session provided an overview of the recently released Urupare mōrearea: Crisis Responses

Published: January 2026

on the information you give us. Our follow-up We will look into your complaint immediately to see what went wrong and how this can be put right. We will acknowledge your complaint in writing and also let you know what we’ll do to resolve it. If we need to work with others to resolve your complaint