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  • Targeted vaccination approaches needed in the face of Omicron variant

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    . “We must be vigilant, nevertheless, to ensure that no one is left behind, now that Omicron is in the community. There is evidence that some people who use specialist mental health services and addiction services are being left behind,” says Hayden Wano, Chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing

  • Meet our Lived Experience Advisors

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    (National Consumer Advocacy Group) and become a member of the National Association of Mental Health Services Consumer Advisors (NAMHSCA) prior to joining Te Hiringa Mahara in 2022. I am married with two daughters and we all live in Gisborne. Music is another passion of mine that brings balance into my

  • International relationships

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    member of the following global networks: The Global Leadership Exchange (GLE) brings together and connects mental health leaders to help spread innovation and best practice to improve mental health and addiction services around the globe. The World Federation for Mental Health promotes the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental health disorder, advocacy, and best practice recovery focused interventions worldwide.  

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

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    is in place come 2023 / 24.” says Board Chair, Hayden Wano. “In particular, we’d like to see focus on the growth of kaupapa Māori services, and support options for our Pacific communities, as we know they disproportionately experience mental distress or addiction. We also echo calls for greater focus

  • The Access and Choice Programme: Report on the first three years 2022

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    where progress is being made, not only in access to services but also in having the opportunity to have genuine service choice. See the media release:  Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain Our Supplementary paper: Access and

  • Annual Report 2022/23 highlights

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    annual report available for download.    A big emphasis in the last year has been on solidifying our monitoring approach and laying the foundation for our advocacy. We published Te Huringa Tuarua, a detailed report on services, along with four insights papers exploring youth services

  • Governance

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    for 25 years and was Chair of the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Hayden has over 40 years health sector experience in mental health, community and medical services, and was the former Director of Clinical Services at Taranaki Healthcare Limited. Hayden has held a wide range of

  • Te Huringa Tuarua 2023 webinar series

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    as three focus reports on kaupapa Māori services, lived experience of Compulsory Community Treatment Orders and admission of young people to adult inpatient services. We also released a report on the peer support workforce. In our webinar series, we focused on: Lived experiences of Compulsory

  • Our work

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    health and addiction services that support people's mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa. Wellbeing Learn more about our monitoring and advocacy to address determinants of improved individual and whānau mental health and wellbeing outcomes.

  • COVID-19 learnings can support communities recovering from Cyclone Gabrielle

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    increase, and the support people need will be required for some time. We will need an immediate investment in local mental health and addiction services, which must not have a time limit on availability for people who need them.   “Social infrastructure should be prioritised – this includes