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  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    Commission called for the bill to have a clearer definition of ‘serious harm’ that incorporates physical and mental health, individual wellbeing, and whānau wellbeing. Hague says it is critical to get the definition right so that there is clear guidance around what is deemed unlawful practice. A clear

  • Collective effort will ensure Auditor General’s recommendations on mental health support for rangatahi and young people hit the mark

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    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

  • More investment needed for kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services

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    .    “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

  • Accountability documents

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    , is available to download. We are proud of what we were able to achieve in the first few months. In sharing our early performance story with you, we also acknowledge the challenge ahead. We look forward to a future where people who experience mental distress or addiction, and their whānau, families, and supporters, have the support they need, when they need it. Annual Report 2020/21 [PDF 6.3 MB]

  • Pacific people's wellbeing - the path to equitable outcomes webinar

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    wellbeing, and insights from our engagement with Pacific leaders and communities. There are significant challenges faced by Pacific peoples in Aotearoa to realise their wellbeing, and we highlight what Pacific people told us is important to supporting their mental health and wellbeing. Matt Bloomer

  • New report highlights Pacific wellbeing challenges

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    is one solution to addressing the gap between mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Pacific peoples in comparison to the rest of Aotearoa. “Holistic on-the-ground support is what makes the difference for Pacific families – we need to make it easier for people to access a range of services from

  • Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support

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    communities. For improved future health and wellbeing outcomes, effective Government support is totally optimised when Māori responses are trusted, acted upon and enabled through the realignment of health system processes.    “What works for Māori will benefit all peoples of Aotearoa and Māori

  • Focus on youth wellbeing more urgent than ever

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    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

  • Broader focus on wellbeing needed to understand COVID-19 impacts

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    and their findings to contribute to our collective understanding of the impacts of the pandemic on wellbeing and on different parts of Aotearoa and what can be done to address these gaps.” View the report

  • Commission responds to Implementation Unit’s mid-term review of 2019 mental health package

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    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