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News / Statements, 13 Sep 21

Mental Health Foundation encourages Kiwis to ge...

With lockdown extended in Auckland, the Mental Health Foundation is sharing its newest campaign – Meh Time to Me Ti...
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News / Statements, 5 Sep 21

Mental Health Foundation: Terrorist ideologies ...

Terrorist ideologies are not symptoms of any mental illness. It’s as simple as that.
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News / Statements, 4 Sep 21

MHF statement regarding racism/prejudice

Placing the blame for the New Lynn terrorist attack on an entire faith or culture is wrong.
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News / Statements, 5 May 21

The Mental Health Act Amendment Bill

The Government is calling for public submissions on proposed changes to the Mental Health Act Amendment Bill.
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News / Statements, 18 Feb 21

25% of New Zealanders have poor mental wellbein...

A quarter of New Zealanders currently have poor levels of mental and emotional wellbeing, including nearly a third of...
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News / Statements, 8 Sep 20

Public advisory – Distressing content on TikT...

The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) is today issuing a public advisory that footage that appears to show a man dying b...
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News / Statements, 21 Aug 20

Response to annual provisional suicide data

Ruia te pō, ka ao, ka awatea Move from the darkness into the light
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News / News, 31 Jul 20

Cannabis legalisation and control

In this year’s general election on 19 September 2020, the public can vote on whether the recreational use of cannab...
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News / Statements, 27 Jul 20

Our call to action to the Government: implement...

We are calling for the Government to show us how He Ara Oranga, the report of the Government Inquiry into mental heal...
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News / Statements, 16 Jun 20

Final report of the Health and Disability Syste...

While the report is light on references to mental health, the focus on keeping people well through population health ...
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News / Statements, 21 May 20

Submission to independent follow-up review of s...

Our submission has been informed by the perspectives, stories and voices of people with lived experience and Māori.
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News / Statements, 14 May 20

Budget 2020 presents opportunities and concerns

The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) welcomes today’s Budget, while feeling some concern that mental health is at a c...
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