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  • New primary mental health and addiction support provides a welcome expansion, but gaps remain – new report

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    everyone requiring a higher level of care gets the support they need. Focused attention is now required on addressing this problem.” The report shows mounting pressure on specialist services. This is primarily related to acute workforce shortages in specialist services and is compounded by having more

  • Urupare mōrearea: Crisis responses monitoring report

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    are limited options, pathways and resources – particularly for people experience crises related to substance use. We continue to see the impact of workforce shortages, and are concerned about challenges of coordination and consistency of care for tāngata whaiora. Changes we want to see In the report

  • Mental Health Bill

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    housing, meaningful social engagement, and employment. These kinds of services have significant benefits for people’s wellbeing and are critical to reduce, even avoid, the use of compulsory treatment. Achieving the intent of the Bill depends on government action on other enablers of workforce

  • Karen Orsborn: Full impact of COVID-19 on mental health yet to be seen

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    distress during the pandemic. Te Hiringa Mahara believes that having better access and options for support is more important now than ever, because of the increased pressure COVID-19 has placed on people and communities and the health workforce that supports them. We welcome recent funding in

  • Leadership

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    Mental Health and Addiction and re-development of the Workforce Action Plan. Sonya’s professional qualifications include a BSc in Psychology & Biology, PGCertHS Community Development and MSc in Psychology. She recently completed her thesis on perinatal anxiety and sleep. Sonya currently sits on

  • Chief Executive Karen Orsborn opinion piece on coercive practices

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    our mental health and addiction system is important for the mental health and wellbeing of everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand. There is an opportunity now to make changes to services that will uphold people's dignity and human rights, develop and support the workforce and help rebuild trust in the

  • Other documents

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    You can read and download any additional corporate documents, such as our annual engagement survey summary report here.

  • Refreshed strategic direction update – office hours session

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    Following the release of our new organisational strategy, we ran an an office hours session with Board chair Hayden Wano, and Chief Executive, Karen Orsborn. This was held on 20 August 2025.

  • Crisis response webinar: what makes an effective crisis response

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    Watch a recording of Te Hiringa Mahara's webinar exploring effective crisis response models.

  • Accountability documents

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    As an independent Crown Entity, Te Hiringa Mahara is required to publish a Statement of Intent (SOI) covering a period of four years, an annual Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE), as well as an Annual Report.