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  • Prioritising youth voices necessary to improve wellbeing

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    people in Aotearoa New Zealand feel they are facing an uncertain future with inherited social, economic, and environmental challenges. “Young people are the future generation, leaders, and valuable members of our communities. They are also navigating unique challenges to previous generations, from

  • COVID-19 restrictions impact family violence and wellbeing, empowered communities key to supporting safety at home

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    broad range of community-based organisations, including Whānau Ora providers, women’s refuges, and Māori wardens. “However, while government and community responses were and are valuable, more should be done to empower communities, provide a range of safe accessible supports, and monitor and research family and sexual violence.”

  • Rolling out more options for crisis care

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    . Alongside traditional inpatient care, there is a wide variety of peer-led, community-based, and Kaupapa Māori approaches we can draw on. Tāngata whaiora (people seeking wellness), have told us that an effective crisis response system has a number of important qualities. They want someone they can call

  • Leadership as a mental wellbeing system enabler report

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    , prioritising people with high and unmet needs. At the same time, invest in the future to: 4.    Make destigmatisation training and education on the role and value of lived experience widely available for the health workforce and other agencies.   5. Invest in tāngata whaiora Māori to decide

  • Meet our Lived Experience Advisors

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    opportunities for those of us with lived experience. Prior to this, I held many facilitation, mentoring and support worker roles, and while I hold a Bachelor and Master of Science, it is my lived experience that I value most highly. Contact To contact Guy or Saskia, please email kiaora@mhwc.govt.nz

  • Covid-19 Insights Series - Media reporting of COVID-19

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    broadly than the direct impacts on health and work. Everybody experiences wellbeing differently, based on a variety of factors; and some communities experience poorer wellbeing across a range of measures. If we are to improve wellbeing for all, we need to understand these experiences, and ensure everyone

  • Access and choice mental health programme stacks up

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      At the five- year mark, the Access and Choice Programme has proved to be a valuable addition to the mental health, addiction and wellbeing support services available to people throughout the country. Today Te Hiringa Mahara – the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission released a report that

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission supports legislation to ban conversion therapy

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    intent. We urge the Select Committee to listen carefully to the voices of rainbow communities, including trans people, those with variations of sex characteristics (sometimes known as intersex), and non-binary people, and their calls to clarify and strengthen areas of the Bill,” says Kevin Hague

  • Te Hiringa Mahara welcomes Health Quality and Safety Commission report on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on Aotearoa

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    services. “As the Commission notes, the arrival of the Omicron variant has exposed long-standing, fundamental weaknesses in our health system. There is little capacity in the mental health system to cope with shocks, there are entrenched inequities in access to services and better outcomes experienced by

  • Mental health and addiction service monitoring

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    improved services and ensure value for money.  The report is supported by: a Voices report (thematic analysis of qualitative data gathered) an updated online dashboard four infographics - these provide insights into Kaupapa Māori services, youth wellbeing and mental health, and reducing coercive