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  • Annual Report 2022/23 highlights

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    , kaupapa Māori services, compulsory community treatment orders and the peer support workforce. A dashboard has been developed to ensure data is more easily accessible See: www.mwhc.govt.nz/dashboard    Taking stock of the lessons we can take from the COVID-19 pandemic response was a focus

  • Governance

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    clinician and manager. He is currently Director of Māori Development at the University of Otago. He is also Chair of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, Chair of Needle Exchange Services Trust (NEST), and is a Board member of Te Rau Ora (a Māori health workforce development organisation) and the Southern

  • 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

  • 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

  • Age-ban on social media can’t solve mental distress on its own

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    environment, as we work to foster healthy and sustainable digital environments for our rangatahi and young people. (First published on 5 March 2026) Read our submission to the Education and Workforce Select Committee Inquiry into the harm young New Zealanders encounter online, and the roles that Government, business, and society should play in addressing those harms (July 2025)  (PDF 1.7MB)

  • Home

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    , workforce, among others. Data presented incorporates data from the most recent year, up to June 2025. Published: 25 February 2026. Find out more   Mental health and substance use data summary: key findings from the NZ Health Survey 2024/2025 This summary is a synthesis of relevant

  • Leadership

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    Framework for 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

  • 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

  • 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