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  • Have your say on a service-level monitoring framework for mental health and addiction

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    framework. The framework will support the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s function to monitor mental health services and addiction services and will be used to advocate for improvements to those services. This function was transferred from the Health and Disability Commissioner Act

  • Recent changes to our board

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    to Jemaima for her contribution to the board, acknowledging her thought leadership, expertise and dedication.   Prior to joining Te Hiringa Mahara board Jemaima contributed to the mental wellbeing of Aotearoa through her work with the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction in 2018, and

  • Our submissions

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    Mental Health Bill submission, December 2024 pdf, 284 KB Download Treaty Principles Bill submission, December 2024 pdf, 332 KB Download Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Bill submission, December 2024 pdf, 580 KB Download Submission on the draft Suicide Prevention Action Plan for

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

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    voices of people experiencing mental distress and other challenges are heard and acted upon appropriately. “People with greater experience of negative health outcomes than most want more power in their decision-making. We are here to ensure that their views are heard; that this happens in a timely

  • Speaking up about the Pae Ora amendment bill

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    Te Hiringa Mahara supports the introduction of a Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy that will fall under the existing Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act. The law will be amended to bring into being a new strategy. Submissions on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (Improving Mental Health Outcomes

  • 2023-2024 annual report now available

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    Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2024 is now publicly available. The report summarises how we contributed to better and equitable mental health and wellbeing outcomes for all New Zealanders in the preceding 12 months. This

  • Governance

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    populations who are at greater risk of experiencing poorer mental health and wellbeing. Board members are appointed for their governance and mental health and wellbeing sector expertise but do not act as representatives or advocates for specific communities. They do, of course, draw on their perspectives

  • Official Information Act requests

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    2021  Response date:  24 September 2021 View/download PDF: MHWC2021-004 - OIA for statistical information relating to OIAs [PDF, 221 KB] Information on demands for mental health treatment after COVID-19 Date published: 15 December 2021 Response date: 12 July 2021 View/download PDF

  • Māori responses to COVID-19 are exemplars for crisis health and wellbeing support

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    Māori-led initiatives played a key role in protecting the health and wellbeing of communities, supporting connection with individuals and whānau, and sharing information and resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to today’s Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing

  • Mental health and addiction service use – what the data shows webinar

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    mental health and addiction services. This report monitors publicly health-funded mental health and addiction services over the five-year period from 2017/18 to 2021/22, using a broad suite of data. In this webinar, we shared selected findings from this report about changes in mental health and