Feedback to the Ministry of Health on the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2026–2036

Mana Mokopuna endorsed the new ten-year Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, required under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022.

As a statutory document, however, its failure to mention Te Tiriti o Waitangi needs to be rectified through explicit reference to this foundational document, as well as through implementation arrangements that provide for partnership with iwi and shared accountability mechanisms.

We also recommended a number of other improvements, including that the implementation phase be co-designed with mokopuna who have lived experience of poor mental health and wellbeing.