Foundational Documents
Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
2026 - 2036
6th August 2026
August 2026
LINK to the Ministry Website is below.
The documents are alongside this section.
The Strategy
Four strategic focus areas:
Prevention and Early Intervention,
Increased access to MHA supports and services.
Grow the MHA workforce
Improve effectiveness of MHA supports and services
August 2026
Document available below
The Strategy Implementation Plan
“Achieving the strategy’s vision will require a combination of activities to stabilise and expand parts of the existing system, while also changing the way the system works. This implementation plan outlines three types of activities:
foundational – doing the basics better
targeted – doing more of what works
aspirational – doing things differently to drive system change and build for the future. “
August 2026
Document available below
Doc #1
Southern Peer Governed Services: Model of Care
MAY 2025
Published FEB 2023
Following 11 workshops across the Southern district plus feedback on draft documents, this document is intended as a guide to services and as an accountability benchmark.
Doc #2
Project documents from Time for Change - Te Hurihanga
MAY 2025
Created over the last three years
The link takes you to the document page for this foundational work.
Doc #3
He Ara Oranga : Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction
MAY 2025
Published in 2018
Perhaps read the Executive Summary as a place to start
Doc #4
Keeping it real
A revisioning by Te Pou
MAY 2025
Launched APRIL 2025
“A framework that describes the values, attitudes, knowledge and skills required for working effectively with people and whānau experiencing mental health and addiction needs.”
YouTube #1
Te Hiringa Mahara
JULY 2025
Important Webinars from this service that maintains an overview of MHA
Doc #5
DECEMBER 2025
An important document around CRISIS RESPONSE possibilities and realities created by Te Hiringa Mahara