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Published: 15 May, 2023

to adult inpatient mental health services. Achieving zero admissions of young people into adult inpatient services will not be easy. We need genuine commitment, leadership, and a comprehensive plan to make this happen. It is not too late to start, but we certainly cannot afford to wait. At the heart

Published: April 2025

Access and Choice Programme report 2025 downloads Download the full Access and Choice Programme: Monitoring report on progress and achievements at five years, Kaupapa Māori primary mental health services infographic, summary and literature scan. Report Earlier monitoring This is the third and final

Published: January 2024

The Te Hiringa Mahara Board is chaired by Hayden Wano. The board members are Professor Sunny Collings, Kevin Hague, Wayne Langford, Dr Barbara Disley, Tuari Potiki and Alexander El Amanni. Appointments to the board were announced on 18 December 2020 by the Minister of Health. The announcement was

Published: 9 April, 2025

On 8 April the NZ Police and Health NZ made a joint announcement about Mental Health Response Changes.  With Phase One complete, the agencies Phase Two will now start from 14 April with both agencies agreeing to a staged implementation across districts. Te Hiringa Mahara has made this

Published: 24 March, 2025

together to be a part of a better collective crisis response. The TheMHS Learning Network and Te Hiringa Mahara - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission are partnering together to bring you a jam-packed day full of expert discussions, inspiration, and colearning. In 2025 Hauora hinengaro: He ara

Published: November 2023

based mental health services Date published:  4 February 2025 Response date:  13 June 2024 View/download PDF: MHWC2024-006 - Reports on community based mental health services [PDF, 274KB] Government agency branding and websites Date published: 20 June 2024 Response date: 16 February 2024

Published: December 2024

Expectations sets out our work programme for the period 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025. It provides a one–year view of what we will deliver, how we will give effect to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Act 2020 and how our performance will be assessed. Statement of Performance Expectations 2024/25

Published: 23 October, 2024

Government recently announced that six new Crisis Recovery Cafés will be rolled out around the country over the next two years. The benefits of this type of care model are examined in our recently released insights paper on acute options for mental health care. Our Lived Experience team prepared

Published: February 2025

Download Mental Health Bill submission pdf, 284 KB Since our formation the Commission has contributed to policy development to ensure Aotearoa New Zealand has mental health law based on human rights and eliminates coercive practices or reduces them to the greatest extent possible. We submitted on

Published: January 2025

2020, Karen led the establishment of Te Hiringa Mahara as Head of Secretariat for the Initial Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Karen has held a variety of health management and leadership roles that focus on improving outcomes for people through working with people and communities. Previously