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  • New Mental Health Bill - are we there yet?

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    health support requires deeper consideration of these ideas and ways to apply them in practice. A modern Mental Health Act, to the greatest extent possible, must reduce coercive practices. We are not there yet. Read the Commission's submission on the Mental Health Bill (PDF, 284 KB) This commentary was first published by Horizon magazine

  • Official Information Act requests

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    . Requestor names, addresses, or contact details will be withheld to maintain privacy. On this page you can download the proactively released responses to Official Information Act requests. Under some circumstances, information that was released to the person who made the original request may be

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

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    outcomes.  Le Va Chief Executive Denise Kingi-‘Ulu’ave shared insights from her organisation, with a particular focus on what they have learned about reaching and supporting Pacific young people. She also talked about how we can better work with young people to reduce the impacts of trauma and

  • New report highlights Pacific wellbeing challenges

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    example is adequate household income – Pacific young people are putting their learning on hold to support their families due to rising cost of living. We can expect this situation to worsen if left unaddressed.” "We want to see a continued focus on mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Pacific

  • Access and choice for mental health and addiction services encouraging, but workforce challenges remain

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    Considerable progress has been made with the Access and Choice programme rollout over the last year, despite significant challenges for the primary care and mental health and addiction sectors in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to the second report on the programme by Te

  • Privacy policy

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    This privacy statement below applies to the mhwc.govt.nz website, which is owned and administered by Te Hiringa Mahara. Download our full full Privacy and Security Policy (PDF 245 KB). No need to disclose personal information You may browse and access information contained within this website

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission calls for stronger action to transform key areas of the mental health and addiction system

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    more is needed to address pressures on specialist services, particularly for young people. “The current health reforms, and the newly-created Health NZ and the Māori Health Authority, provide opportunities to embed strong leadership in their operating models and enhance the focus on mental health and

  • Stronger more inclusive health sector means better health and wellbeing for all

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    social, economic, commercial and wider environmental determinants of health”, says Allan. “Each year around one in five of us experience mental illness or significant mental distress.  We estimate 50 to 80% of New Zealanders will experience mental distress, or addiction challenges, or

  • System performance monitoring report - June 2025

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    supported by the right workforce. Our initial monitoring findings show that while there are some early positive movements in some areas, for example peer support workforce, overall, there is a system under significant pressure. Collective and co-ordinated action across the system shifts is required . This is our first system performance monitoring report and we will expand and improve the set of measures used in coming years.

  • Assessment of youth and rangatahi wellbeing and access to services

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    We have have created an up-to-date picture of the state of wellbeing for rangatahi and young people in Aotearoa.  View infographic online .    Download infographic (PDF 359KB).   Download infographic (Word 4.3MB) Topics covered in the infographic include rating of wellbeing